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| Date: | Wednesday 25 April 2018 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: |  Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey |
| Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps (USMC) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Amami Airport (ASJ/RJKA) -
 Japan
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Futenma MCAS (ROTM) |
| Iwakuni MCAS (IWK/RJOI) |
Two Ospleys of USMC made a diversion to Amami Airport. MV-22B's transported troops from Futenma to Iwakuni when one of two Ospleys needed a precaution landing. The plane landed at Amami at 16:30 LT, and the accompany one also landed 30 minutes later. After some inspections, the troubled MV-22B departed back to Futenma at 17:50 LT, and the other Ospley continuted to Iwakuni.
Sources:
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180425-00000107-mai-soci]
http://web.archive.org/web/20180429090140/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20180425/k10011417461000.htmlutm_int=news-social_contents_list-items_007
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-May-2018 19:22 | isamuel | Added |
| 12-Sep-2022 10:17 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
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