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GREENVILLE -
A Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft lost an outer engine cover while hauling troops from northern Virginia and made an emergency landing at the Pitt-Greenville Airport.Officials said no one was injured.The aircraft, which can hover like a helicopter and flies like a plane, landed safely at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Airport manager Jim Turcotte said the Osprey was carrying a four-person flight crew and 15 Marine passengers.Maj. Shawn Haney at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point said the Osprey was one of four flying from a Marine base at Quantico, Va. A piece of the exterior covering of the right engine intake assembly fell off and forced the unscheduled landing. A resident of the area found the cover.
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