MV-22B almost lost at sea due to wrong setting,

On Oct. 1 last year, the crew on board a MV-22B attempted to take off from USS Makin Island for a mission to reinforce the U.S. Embassy in Iraq. Unfortunately, the flight never made it to Iraq and the aircraft was nearly lost.

Photo: U.S. Marine Corps

Investigators found that the tilt-rotor was started up in maintenance mode, a setting that reduced the available engine power by 20 percent. A design flaw failed to warn the crew they were about to fly without enough power.

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