米、オスプレイを安全点検　木原防衛相「離着陸１００回超」

　木原稔防衛相は５日の記者会見で、米空軍輸送機ＣＶ２２オスプレイ墜落事故を受け、米側から４日に「安全点検と予防的な整備を現在行っている」との報告を受けたと明らかにした。木原氏は、沖縄と鹿児島で事故後に確認された米オスプレイの離着陸が１００回を超えたと説明した。
　木原氏は、米軍の措置の実効性などについて確認を進めていると強調。「懸念が払拭されたわけではない。引き続きしっかり情報提供を受ける必要がある」と語った。（2023/12/05-11:31）

The United States has told Japan that it is conducting safety checks and preventive maintenance for Osprey military transport aircraft following a fatal crash last week, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said Tuesday.
   Japan is checking the effectiveness of the safety measures taken by the U.S. military, Kihara said at a press conference.
   "Concerns have not been allayed, so we need to continue to receive information" from the U.S. side, he said.
   The U.S. military's Osprey aircraft continue to fly in Japan even after the crash of the Air Force's CV-22 Osprey off an island in the southern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on Wednesday.
   A total of 108 takeoffs and landings by U.S. Marine Corps and Navy Ospreys were confirmed at the Futenma air station and Kadena Air Base, both in Okinawa Prefecture, and Amami Airport in Kagoshima between Wednesday and midnight Monday, according to Kihara.