According to the US "Business Insider" website on the 28th, the military said that a CV-22 "Osprey" tilt rotor aircraft of the US Air Force was finally "rescued" from a remote Arctic nature reserve on Tuesday, and the plane has been trapped there since mid-August due to a malfunction.
Source: Norwegian Armed Forces
Norwegian Armed Forces said that the soldiers successfully transported the Osprey aircraft "safely" from Senia Island in northern Norway to an offshore crane ship, and the aircraft will then go to the nearest NATO port for maintenance. The CV-22 tilt rotorcraft conducted a "controlled emergency landing" in the Norwegian "Stongodden" nature reserve on August 12 and was trapped there for several weeks due to clutch failure. To recover the $90 million aircraft, Norwegian Army engineers had to build a temporary road, transfer " Osprey " closer to the coast, which the gondola could then hoist onto the ship. It is reported that in order to reduce weight, the "Osprey" has discharged all the fuel.
Source: Norwegian Armed Forces
Due to weather and sea conditions, the rescue operation was postponed several times. But the Norwegian military pointed out that the conditions on Tuesday were very suitable for the operation, saying that the "hard work of retrieving the Osprey" was completed by the Norwegian armed forces, the U.S. military and civilians.
In response to doubts about destroying the local ecological environment, a Norwegian military spokesperson previously claimed that he had consulted local environmental protection officials during the planning action.
Source: Norwegian Armed Forces
A Norwegian officer in charge of on-site rescue said: "This is both exciting and challenging."
Previously, in August, the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command decided to ground all 52 CV-22 Osprey aircraft, and one of the reasons for the decision was clutch failure. (Editor: HHJ)
