In response to the lifting of the flight suspension for the US military's Osprey transport aircraft, which had been in place after the crash in Kagoshima Prefecture in November last year, Tokyo, where the US military's Yokota base is located, and other areas have decided to In response, we have issued a request to clarify the cause of the accident and measures to prevent recurrence.
Last November, an Osprey transport plane belonging to the Yokota Air Base of the US military crashed off the coast of Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, killing all eight people on board.
In response, the US military took measures to ground all Ospreys deployed around the world, but on the 8th they announced that they would lift this measure and allow them to fly.
In response, a council formed by the Tokyo metropolitan government and local governments around Yokota Air Base submitted a request to the Minister of Defense and others.
The document states, ``Although the government says it will work closely with the United States to coordinate the resumption of operations, the investigation into the accident is ongoing, and it was determined that a malfunction in a specific component caused the accident. The root cause and detailed safety measures have not been disclosed."
The statement states that ``residents near the base are becoming increasingly concerned about the safety of the Osprey,'' and requests that the government clarify the cause of the accident, safety measures, and measures to prevent recurrence.