The families of four of five Camp Pendleton-based Marines killed in a 2022 Osprey crash filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday against the manufacturing companies behind the aircraft, alleging the companies were aware of mechanical flaws in the vehicle that ultimately contributed to the servicemembers' deaths.
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey aircraft lands on the deck of the USS Bonhomme Richard amphibious assault ship last June off the coast of Sydney, Australia.
The lawsuit names Boeing, Bell Textron, Rolls Royce Corp. and Rolls- Royce North America as defendants, and argues the companies failed to correct well-known issues that allegedly caused the June 8, 2022, crash near Glamis.— Cpl. Nathan E. Carlson, 21, from Winnebago, Illinois;A Marine Corps investigation found a longtime mechanical problem that has plagued the Osprey called a “hard clutch engagement” caused the crash.in December after eight Air Force airmen were killed in a crash off Japan.
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