“We ask for the patience of the public as we work diligently with the first responders and unit to identify what happened this afternoon,” the Navy said in an email statement.
The Marines have denied reports circulating on social media that the plane may have been carrying nuclear weapons. “There was no nuclear material on the plane,” the Navy said.
Officials in Imperial County, where Clemis is located, were not immediately available for comment, but county officials wrote on social media that they were aware of the downed plane and were offering assistance. Clemis to the east of San Diego is a desert area known for its sand dunes.
Osprey planes, used by the US and Japanese armies, land vertically like helicopters, but fly like planes. The MV-22B – a fixed-wing aircraft that combines the flexibility of a helicopter to operate in a variety of environments with speed and range – is primarily used to carry troops and equipment in support of waterfall attacks.
But the safety record of the aircraft is under scrutiny. More than 40 people have died flying on the Aspress since 1991.
In March, an osprey Crashed Four NATO members killed during NATO exercise in Norway In 2017, a sea osprey Crashed In Syria, two were injured. There was also an accident in Australia that year Three Marines killed. In 2014, an Aspray briefly lost power while flying over the Persian Gulf. One Death of the sea. One of the deadliest accidents occurred in April 2000, when all 19 Marines were aboard A V-22 Ospray tilt-rotor aircraft Were killed.
A spokesman for Bell, which co-produces Aspray with Boeing, said the company was waiting for details about the incident but was ready to help the Marine Corps.
According to the Naval Safety Center, Osprey has been involved in five “Class B” accidents in the last fiscal year, defining both $ 600,000 and $ 2.5 million in property damage and permanent partial disability or three hospitalized incidents.
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