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| Date: | Tuesday 14 August 2018 |
| Time: | 17:22 |
| Type: |  Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey |
| Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps (USMC) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Amami Airport (ASJ/RJKA) -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
An Osprey of USMC (reportedly belongs to MCAS Futenma (ROTM)) made a precaution landing at Amami Airport due to an unreported trouble. No personal injuries were reported. The Osprey departed from Amami at 18:50 LT.
Similar incident has happened in April and June in this year, and Osprey of June accident stayed at Amami for a month.
At almost same time, another Osprey made an emergency landing at Kadena Air Base (DNA/RODN). There are some conflicts of this happening in the media: One reports it landed at 17:20 LT and left Kadena at 18:30 LT, however, another says two Ospreys landed separately at 17:50 LT and 18:30 LT.
Sources:
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180814-00000092-asahi-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180814-00000102-jij-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180814-00050094-yom-soci
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20180814/k10011576731000.html?utm_int=all_side_ranking-social_001
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180814-00000075-mai-soci
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Aug-2018 11:49 | isamuel | Added |
| 14-Aug-2018 14:22 | isamuel | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Sep-2022 10:16 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Operator, ] |
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