10 August 2017
The V-22 Osprey: A Crash Decades in the Making
The crash of an MV-22 Osprey off the coast of Australia marks the latest in a decades-long string of serious mishaps with the versatile aircraft. While originally intended to provide a unique mix of agility, speed, and range, the tilt-rotor aircraft has been persistently criticised as wildly expensive, ineffective, and unsafe.