U.S. Osprey makes emergency landing at southwestern Japan airport

A U.S. military MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft made an emergency landing at an airport in southwestern Japan on Wednesday and took off again about three hours later.The Osprey is assigned to U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa Prefecture, and was transporting personnel as part of the Japan-U.S. joint Keen Sword exercise, according to Japan's Defense Ministry.The aircraft landed at Tanegashima airport on Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture around 10:10 a.m. and took off again around 1:20 p.m. No injuries or disruptions to civilian flight operations were reported, accordi…READ FULL ARTICLE