Part from U.S. military Osprey falls off, found in Okinawa

A part from a U.S. military Osprey transport aircraft was found drifting near an islet in Okinawa Prefecture on Friday, police and the Defense Ministry's local bureau said.The semicircle object was confirmed by the U.S. Marine Corps as an engine air inlet part that had fallen off the tilt-rotor aircraft while it was flying over the sea. It weighs about 13 kilograms.The incident follows a series of accidents and emergency landings involving U.S. Marine Corps aircraft based in Okinawa, which hosts the bulk of U.S. military facilities in Japan. The prefectural government demanded that the Mari…READ FULL ARTICLE