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pfitz59

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7. I read the report on the Japan Osprey crash

Reply to MarineCombatEngineer (Reply #6)

Mon Dec 9, 2024, 07:15 PM

Dec 9

They had at least 5 chip lights and kept flying. In my bird 1 chip light was 'land as soon as possible'. (In peacetime.) The pilots made a grave error in judgement.

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I am glad that I was retired by the time that bird entered service. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 9 #6

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