The pause placed on V-22 Osprey flights follows a near-crash involving a tiltrotor last month The US Defense Department has put flights of V-22 Ospreys on hold following a near-crash incident last month. The tiltrotor aircraft is a hybrid with the maneuverability of a helicopter, and higher speed and longer range of a turboprop plane.   Since its debut in 1989, the V-22 Osprey has been involved in multiple crashes, claiming the lives of 64 personnel and injuring 93 more, according to AP’s

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