Osprey have been particularly controversial in Okinawa, ever since one crash-landed in a university in 2004. A crowd reportedly as large as 100,000 protested in Japan earlier a few years ago against plans by the US military to deploy further MV-22 Ospreys to a US base on Okinawa. https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=3902
Some know the accident-prone Osprey as the Widowmaker.
Last year, five marines died during a training mission in Glamis.
https://fox5sandiego.com/news/national-news/5-marines-killed-in-california-aircraft-crash/
Osprey have been particularly controversial in Okinawa, ever since one crash-landed in a university in 2004. A crowd reportedly as large as 100,000 protested in Japan earlier a few years ago against plans by the US military to deploy further MV-22 Ospreys to a US base on Okinawa.
https://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=3902
Other recent incidents include fatal crashes of the aircraft in Morocco and Florida, and an emergency landing in 2012 that narrowly missed a church in North Carolina.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_V-22_Osprey