US Military Osprey With 8 Crew Crashes Off Japan

Handout photo dated October 5, 2011 shows an MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 261 lands aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) in The Atlantic Ocean. A US Osprey military aircraft with eight crew on board crashed on Wednesday off a Japanese island, the coastguard said, in the latest accident involving the tilt-rotor military aircraft. The Osprey, developed by Bell Helicopters and Boeing and which can operate like a helicopter or a fixed-wing plane, has suffered a string of fatal crashes over the years. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Travis J. Kuykendall via ABACAPRESS.COM