Overview

• A U.S. military V-22 Osprey performed an emergency landing at Iwate Hanamaki Airport at 9:50 AM on July 24 after the crew reported a mechanical malfunction.
• Live camera footage showed the tiltrotor parked beside the runway with its rotors still turning after touchdown.
• The crew contacted air traffic control at around 9:40 AM to request the precautionary landing.
• Iwate Prefecture officials and the Defense Ministry’s Tohoku Defense Bureau have launched a joint investigation into the cause of the malfunction.
• The incident follows another emergency landing on July 18 at Odate Noshiro Airport in Akita Prefecture after an in-flight warning light illuminated.