Cause Of Deadly US Air Force Osprey CV-22B Crash In Japan Was 1st Reported A Decade Ago

Last year, an Air Force CV-22 Osprey crashed into the sea off the coast of Japan during a military exercise, killing the eight airmen onboard. A recent report found that the cause of the crash was a gearbox failure from a single high-speed planetary pinion gear fracturing. This caused the aircraft to violently roll over and plummet into the sea. Now, reporting by Military.com suggests that warnings of the mechanical issue had been identified as far back as 2013 but had gone unaddressed.