Govt suspends Osprey aircraft deployment

The government has decided to suspend procedures to deploy the U.S. MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft in the country until the cause and other details of a recent crash of a CV-22 Osprey aircraft, a remodeled version of the MV-22, are available.

Also behind the decision is increasing opposition to the Osprey deployment among people in Okinawa Prefecture following the latest crash of the CV-22 plane.

The accident occurred in Florida during a routine drill on Wednesday night, injuring five crew members on board.

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