2 U.S. Ospreys make emergency landings at southwestern Japan airport

Two U.S. military Osprey aircraft made emergency landings at the airport on Amami Island in southwestern Japan on Wednesday afternoon, a government source said.The tilt-rotor transport aircraft deployed at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on the Okinawa main island landed at Amami Airport on the nearby island in Kagoshima Prefecture. No injuries were reported and the aircraft were not damaged, the source said.According to the Kagoshima prefectural government, one Osprey landed at the airport shortly after 4:30 p.m. and the second did so about a half-hour later.The U.S. forces in Japan …READ FULL ARTICLE