U.S. says pilot error led to Dec. Osprey crash-landing off Okinawa

U.S. says pilot error led to Dec. Osprey crash-landing off Okinawa

Okinawa Deputy Gov. Moritake Tomikawa (C) speaks to reporters after meeting Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, the top commander of U.S. forces in Okinawa, at Camp Foster in the southern Japanese prefecture on Sept. 11, 2017, to hear the outcome of an investigation report following a series of accidents involving the Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. The U.S. military has concluded pilot error caused one of its Osprey aircraft to crash-land in waters off Okinawa in December 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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