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Osprey Ferrying White House Staff in New York Grounded Due to Safety Issue; Witness Reports Flames
 
Associated Press | By Aamer Madhani and Tara Copp
Published November 26, 2024 at 9:20 am

NEW YORK -- An Osprey being used to ferry White House staff and government officials from an event in New York on Monday was grounded due to a safety concern, with one witness reporting flames under the right engine.

The staff and officials were removed from the aircraft, part of the Marine Corps HMX-1 presidential helicopter fleet, and transferred to a second Osprey to continue their trip accompanying President Joe Biden at a "Friendsgiving" event with members of the U.S. Coast Guard in Staten Island.
 
The issue caused only a minor delay for Biden's return to Washington on Monday evening.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/11/26/osprey-ferrying-white-house-staff-new-york-grounded-due-safety-issue-witness-reports-flames.html
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Yeh, boy!  I'm glad they have those mechanical issues with the Osprey resolved! ////00000////
The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth.  George Washington - Farewell Address