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Originally Posted by intrestedviewer

If it truely was mechanical, we gotta start checking our choppers more carefully. Or better yet find an alternative to helicopters. Whatever happened to that plane that was for the Marines that could do vertical take offs and landings? The one in half life biggrin:

You are talking about the osprey. It was supposed to replace teh type of helocopter that went down, but it has been delayed repeatedly for saftey problems. The entire progam was about to be scrapped at one point because of all the accidents. I am sorry for the familys of the men that went down, but accidents happen. They say the sand their is very fine and gets into everything. Guns have to be stripped and cleaned twice a day. maintenenace schedules on anything mechanical need to be doubled.