Pax River Tests Will Duplicate Circumstances of V-22 Crash

By Adam J. Hebert, P.J. Skibitski / June 26, 2000 at 5:00 AM
NAS PATUXENT RIVER, MD -- The V-22 program office has decided to conduct a series of additional flight tests here to simulate the conditions of the April 8 MV-22 accident that killed 19 Marines, officials said Friday. The Marine Corps is also validating flight recovery techniques to ensure repeats of the incident are avoided, V-22 Program Manager Col. Nolan Schmidt said. "We do plan to do some follow-on testing at high rate of descent, (and) low airspeed" at Pax River,...

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