A few weeks after being trapped in Norwegian Nature Reserve due to failure, the U.S. "Merlog" finally "rescued"

According to the US "Business Insider" website reported on the 28th, the Norwegian military said that the US Air Force CV-22 "Merlog" rotor machine finally "rescued" from the remote Arctic Nature Reserve on Tuesday. Due to a failure, this aircraft He has been trapped there since mid -August.

Picture source: Norwegian armed forces

The Norwegian armed forces said that the soldiers successfully transported the "fish eagle" aircraft to "safely" from Synia in northern Norway to a offshore crane ship, and then the aircraft would go to the nearest NATO port for repair.

It is reported that due to the clutch failure, the CV-22 rotary rotor machine conducted a "controlling emergency landing" in Norway "Stongodden" on August 12 and was trapped there for several weeks. In order to recover the $ 90 million aircraft, the Norwegian Army engineer had to build a temporary road, transferred the "鱼 鹰" to a place closer to the coast, and then hanging the boat to hang it on the ship. It is reported that in order to reduce the weight, "Merlon" has discharged all the fuel.

Picture source: Norwegian armed forces

Due to weather and sea conditions, rescue operations were postponed several times. However, the Norwegian military pointed out that the conditions on Tuesday were very suitable for implementation, and said that "the difficult work of retracting 'fish eagle'" was completed by the Norwegian armed forces, the US military and civilians.

In response to the doubt of destroying the local ecological environment, the Norwegian military spokesman previously claimed that local environmental protection officials had been consulted during the planned operation.

Picture source: Norwegian armed forces

A Norwegian officer responsible for on -site rescue work said: "This is both exciting and challenging."

Earlier in August, the U.S. Air Force Special Combat Command decided to ground to fly all 52 CV-22 "Merlon" machines, and one of the reasons for the decision included clutch failures. (Edit: HHJ)

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