US military announces investigation into Osprey crash off Yakushima. Last November, a U.S.
Air Force Ospreys transport plane crashed off the coast of Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, killing all eight people on board. The US military announced on the 20th that it is investigating the cause of the aircraft's problem with the crash of a US military O Sprey transport aircraft in November last year. After the crash, the US military suspended all types of O Spreys it has deployed around the world since December.