Osprey Aircraft’s Poor Safety Record Exposed in US Marine Crash as Search for Bodies Continues

Since 1992 the V-22 Osprey has had 15 accident resulting in 53 fatalities

An Osprey aircraft flies during preview day for the MCAS Miramar Airshow on Sept. 26, 2019, in San Diego. Eduardo Contreras/The San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS Via The Epoch Times

The search for the bodies of three U.S. marines killed in the V-22 Osprey aircraft crash on Melville Island, 80 kilometres north of Darwin, continues three days after it crashed on Aug. 27.

An additional twenty U.S. marines also on the downed aircraft were transferred to Royal Darwin Hospital on Sunday, with eight remaining in hospital, five of whom are in critical condition.