Family of Airman Killed in Japan Osprey Crash Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Scrutiny of the military's Osprey aircraft is ramping up as family members of an Air Force special operations airman who was killed in a crash last year have filed a civil wrongful death lawsuit against the aircraft's manufacturers, and members of Congress are demanding that officials ground the troubled aircraft and change the culture of secrecy around its issues.
Staff Sgt. Jacob Galliher, 24, was one of eight airmen killed during a training mission on Nov. 29, 2023, when their CV-22 Osprey, call sign Gundam 22, had a mechanical issue and crashed off the southern coast of Japan. His estate filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Friday -- the one-year anniversary of the crash.
The lawsuit named Boeing and Bell Textron, the manufacturers of the aircraft, as well as Universal Stainless and Alloy Products, a subcontractor that provided metal for the aircraft's gearbox, which an internal investigation has implicated in the crash. The lawsuit alleges those companies "had prior awareness of the high risk for crashes, including documented concerns with the alloy manufacturing for pinion gears in the aircraft's gearbox," Galliher's estate said in an emailed statement.
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