- Smoke can be seen billowing from the engine of the U.S. Osprey aircraft after emergency landing in Japan
- It came in to land at Oita Airport in August but engineers are still desperately trying to fix the aircraft
- Comes after a temporary flight ban in August when an Osprey aircraft crashed, killing three US servicemen
Dramatic photographs show engineers desperately trying to fix a US Osprey aircraft as smoke billows from the engine.
It has since been revealed the U.S. Marine Corps Osprey is the same one which made an emergency landing at Oita Airport in Japan in August.
The beleaguered aircrafts have been blighted by problems, having been pictured emitting smoke on a number of occasions.
The Osprey belongs to the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture.
In August, a Japan-based Marine MV-22 Osprey crashed during an exercise off the Australian coast, killing three US servicemen.
The doomed Okinawa-based aircraft which crashed was in Australia as part of a joint military exercise called Talisman Sabre, which has just ended in Queensland state.
In December last year, a ‘controlled landing’ of an Osprey just off the Okinawan coast during a training flight sparked local anger. The aircraft broke into pieces but no one was killed.
Dramatic photographs show engineers desperately trying to fix a US Osprey aircraft as smoke billows from the engine
It has since been revealed the U.S. Marine Corps Osprey pictured is the same one which made an emergency landing at Oita Airport in Japan in August
The beleaguered aircrafts have been blighted by problems, having been pictured emitting smoke on a number of occasions. The Osprey belongs to the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture
Smoke rising near the left engine covers the troubled U.S. Osprey aircraft at Oita Airport
U.S. military workers have been examining the aircraft since it made an emergency landing on August 29
In August, a Japan-based Marine MV-22 Osprey crashed during an exercise off the Australian coast, killing three service members