![]() ![]() Bradford Gering, who was commander of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, in a memo attached to the report. “The tragedy of this event is impossible to capture in words,” said Maj. Rasmuson, 21, of Johnson, Wyoming, and Lance Cpl. Sax, 33, of Placer, California and three crew chiefs, Cpl. Losapio, 31, of Rockingham, New Hampshire, and Capt. The more than 400-page report released on Friday concluded that the Marines were doing routine flight operations when a “catastrophic, unpreventable and unanticipated mechanical failure occurred.” The Osprey crashed in a remote area near Glamis, about 115 miles (185 kilometers) east of San Diego.įive Marines died in the crash: Two pilots, Capt. WASHINGTON (AP) - The deadly crash of a Marine V-22 Osprey in California last year was caused by mechanical failure, according to an investigation that ruled out pilot and maintenance errors. ![]()
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