Boeing, Rolls-Royce and Bell Textron Sued Over Fatal V-22 Osprey Crash [Video]

The families of five deceased Marines are suing Boeing, Rolls-Royce, and Bell Textron after a V-22 Osprey aircraft training exercise that crashed in June 2022.

The lawsuit alleges that the manufacturers were not honest with service members and the government about the design, operation and safety of the aircraft, engines, transmission, clutch and other systems. 

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Last year, a military investigation traced the cause of the crash to a dual hard clutch engagement, which created a single engine and interconnect drive system failure. The failure led to a loss of thrust on the right-hand proprotor and the pilots could not recover.

The investigation concluded that there was no error by pilots, air or maintenance crew that …