Two accidents in 6 weeks, all 52 "鱼 鹰" rotor machines of the US Air Force Special Warfare Department were grounded

Jimu Journalist Song Qingying

Intern Yang Xingnan

According to the United States "Defense News Weekly" reported on August 18, the US Air Force Special Combat Command said that the Command of the CV-22 "Osprey" dumping rotor has a clutch failure. Flight on the 16th.

Two CV-22 "Fish Eagles" aircraft (Picture Source: Defense News Weekly)

In the past 6 weeks, the CV-22 "Favorite" aircraft had two similar problems. Slid, commander of the US Air Force Special Combat Command, ordered the ground to ensure the safety of pilots. Slif said that as early as 2017, the problem appeared one after another.

Lieutenant Colonel Biki Haz, the head of the Command of the Command, said that there were two engines in the CV-22 "Merlon" aircraft. In these accidents, the clutch of one of the engines and propellers was unknown for unknown reasons.

Haz said that when this situation appears, the power load will almost instantly transfer to another engine, and it will be designed like this because in case the engine fails, the aircraft can continue to fly. However, he pointed out that if this situation occurs, the crew cannot be controlled, which may cause the rotor machine to fall out of control.

V-22 "Merlogs" aircraft is the main assault support aircraft of the U.S. Marine Corps, including the MV-22B transport aircraft of the Marine Corps.

Since the beginning of this year, the U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B "Favorite" transport aircraft has continued to crash, causing a total of nine naval marines to be killed. In March of this year, a crash in Norway killed four players. In June, five naval marine team members were killed in California.

In addition, the U.S. Marine Corps also had four "A -Class" accidents this year, causing the Floor Army for a whole day this summer.

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