V-22 that apparently flew itself under investigation

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Marine Corps investigators are trying to determine why a V-22 Osprey aircraft apparently took off uncommanded Monday afternoon, resulting in an accident that caused no injuries but at least $1 million damage to the aircraft.

A Marine flight crew was on board the aircraft testing the engines and conducting routine, post-maintenance checks when the aircraft suddenly lifted more than 30 feet off the ground and then made a very hard landing, damaging the right wing and engine.

The accident occurred Monday afternoon at the Marines’ New River, N.C., air base, adjacent to Camp Lejeune, where pilots are being trained to fly the twin-engine, tilt-rotor aircraft built jointly by Bell Helicopter and Boeing.

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