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The V-22 Osprey has had 17 hull-loss accidents with a total of 65 fatalities {{As of|2026|04|22|lc=y}}. During testing from 1991 to 2000, there were four [[aviation accidents and incidents|crashes]] causing 30 fatalities.[ {{As of|2023}}, the V-22 has had 13 crashes which caused 32 fatalities since becoming operational in 2007.][{{cite web |title=Aviation Safety Database results |website=Aviation Safety Network |url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/dblist.php?AcType=V22 |access-date=29 November 2023 |archive-date=15 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715181220/https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/dblist.php?AcType=V22 |url-status=live}} Updated as incidents occur.] The aircraft's accident history has generated controversy over its perceived safety issues.[Axe, David. [https://www.wired.com/2012/10/air-force-silenced-general/ "General: 'My Career Was Done' When I Criticized Flawed Warplane"]. {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217165912/https://www.wired.com/2012/10/air-force-silenced-general/ |date=17 December 2018}} ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'', 4 October 2012.] Following the November 2023 crash in Japan,[{{Cite web |last=Britzky |first=Haley |date=7 December 2023 |title=US military grounds Osprey fleet after crash off coast of Japan kills 8 US airmen |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/06/politics/us-military-osprey-fleet-grounded-crash-japan/index.html |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=CNN Politics |language=en}}] the Osprey was grounded for three months.[{{Cite web |last=Britzky |first=Haley |date=8 March 2024 |title=US military lifts 3-month grounding of V-22 Osprey fleet after deadly crash |work= CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/08/politics/v-22-osprey/index.html |access-date=26 April 2024 |language=en}}] |
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The V-22 Osprey has had 17 hull-loss accidents with a total of 65 fatalities {{As of|2026|04|22|lc=y}}. During testing from 1991 to 2000, there were four [[aviation accidents and incidents|crashes]] causing 30 fatalities.[ {{As of|2023}}, the V-22 has had 13 crashes which caused 32 fatalities since becoming operational in 2007.][{{cite web |title=Aviation Safety Database results |website=Aviation Safety Network |url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/dblist.php?AcType=V22 |access-date=29 November 2023 |archive-date=15 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715181220/https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/dblist.php?AcType=V22 |url-status=live}} Updated as incidents occur.] The aircraft's accident history has generated controversy over its perceived safety issues.[Axe, David. [https://www.wired.com/2012/10/air-force-silenced-general/ "General: 'My Career Was Done' When I Criticized Flawed Warplane"]. {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217165912/https://www.wired.com/2012/10/air-force-silenced-general/ |date=17 December 2018}} ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'', 4 October 2012.] Following the November 2023 crash in Japan,[{{Cite web |last=Britzky |first=Haley |date=7 December 2023 |title=US military grounds Osprey fleet after crash off coast of Japan kills 8 US airmen |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/06/politics/us-military-osprey-fleet-grounded-crash-japan/index.html |access-date=26 April 2024 |work=CNN Politics |language=en}}] the Osprey was grounded for three months.[{{Cite web |last=Britzky |first=Haley |date=8 March 2024 |title=US military lifts 3-month grounding of V-22 Osprey fleet after deadly crash |work= CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/08/politics/v-22-osprey/index.html |access-date=26 April 2024 |language=en}}] |
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On 22 April 2026, an MV-22B crashed at about 9:30 a.m. local time during joint military exercises between the U.S., Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Timor-Leste. Three soldiers were killed with 20 hospitalized. The accident is under investigation.{{cn}} |
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