Wednesday November 29 2023, 5.00pm, The Times
(Fumio Kishida, the Japanese prime minister, ordered US forces in the area to suspend flights after the V-22 Osprey plunged into the sea.
Witnesses on the island of Yakushima described how the aircraft approached the local airport, apparently planning an emergency landing, but flipped over and crashed into the sea with its left engine on fire.
“It suddenly turned over through 180 degrees, as if it was flying on its back,” said Kosaku Hirata, 68, who was fishing at the time of the crash on Wednesday afternoon. “After flames became visible, it exploded and fell vertically. A loud sound was heard and there was black smoke.”)
‘Conventional’ fixed and rotary wing aircraft have the ability to maintain limited controlled flight by a combination of glide/autorotation when power failure is evident. I am unfamiliar with the emergency procedures to be adopted with the V22.