Marine Corps Osprey aircraft grounded due to computer error

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. -- The Marine Corps has temporarily grounded 46 MV-22 Osprey aircraft because of a faulty computer chip.

The tiltrotor aircraft can take off and fly like a helicopter or a plane. Marine officials say it's still expected to deploy later this year.

The faulty computer chip was found during preflight testing at the Bell-Boeing facility in Amarillo, Texas. Officials say the faulty chip was part of a circuit that enables three flight control computers to provide backup control to each other if one malfunctions.

It was unlikely that the chip would have caused any problems during an actual flight, but officials decided grounding all the aircraft was the best thing to do.

Military officials plan to replace the Vietnam-era CH-46 helicopter with the Osprey.

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