Weak spots in metal may have led to fatal Osprey crash off Japan

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Documents obtained by The Associated Press have revealed that the fatal crash of a V-22 Osprey last year caused by a gear crack may have been started by weak spots in a metal used to manufacture that part.

Eight Air Force Special Operations Command service members were killed in the crash in November. It was the second catastrophic failure of a part of the Osprey's proprotor gearbox, which serv