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Wednesday, July 25, 2012


Joint talks seek to show Osprey is safe

Kyodo


Japan and the United States will meet Thursday in Tokyo to discuss how to ensure the safe operation of the Osprey tilt-rotor military transport, Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba said Tuesday.

Genba made the announcement a day after 12 MV-22 Ospreys were unloaded at the Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture amid mounting local protests over the safety of the planes, particularly in the wake of two recent crashes abroad.

In a rare disclosure of operational details, the press office at the Iwakuni base announced Tuesday the engines of the aircraft will be started up as part of preparations for future flights.

The transports, a cross between a plane and a helicopter, will be in Iwakuni for test flights in late August at the earliest before being eventually deployed to U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, to replace aging CH-46 helicopters.

Japanese officials said Tokyo is expected to urge Washington in the forthcoming bilateral talks to have the Ospreys fly over the sea as much as possible after the aircraft deploy to Futenma, which is in a densely populated area.


1. Doesn't the headline say "seek to show", not "see to find out if"? Someone has already made a decision, and the word "show" indicates they are out to defend their stance.

2. Urging them to fly over the sea? Shouldn't they be urging them to stay on the ground?

3. The US has a habit of sending products out into the world, then recalling them later when users start dying. Faulty cars, defective baby strollers, medicines that harm instead of cure...

We sense that this helicopter is another such product that someone desperately wants to get off the shelf before the sherriff arrives.