1 Dead, Several Injured in Osprey Hard-Landing at Bellows [+videos]
Photo Credit: Star Advertiser One Marine died and several were injured in an MV-22 Osprey aircraft hard-landing incident Sunday morning at Bellows Air Force Station.
At least twelve of 22 Marines onboard were injured in a “hard-landing mishap,” which occurred at about 11 a.m. when the aircraft from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California, was conducting training, said Capt. Alex Lim, a spokesman for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Forces Pacific.
Military, police, fire and Emergency Medical Service personnel are responding to the scene at Bellows station in the Waimanalo area. The injured Marines were transported to a local hospital for treatment.
Residents in the Kailua, Keolu Hills and Enchanted Lake areas reported seeing plumes of thick, black smoke rising from the Bellows area. Bellows is used as a training area for Marines.
The Osprey was not participating in an exercise connected to the U.S. Pacific Command Amphibious Leaders Symposium. (Read more from “1 Dead, Several Injured in Osprey Hard-Landing at Bellows” HERE)
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