CH-53 crash last year revealed issues with tail rotor assembly

The crash of a HMH-464 CH-53 in September last year, which claimed the life of a Marine, revealed a previously unknown issue on the type’s tail rotor drive shaft.

US Navy 030612-N-2972R-073 A CH-53E Super Stallion prepares to land on the flight deck to transfer elements from the Second Marine Expeditionary Brigade (2nd MEB) to the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5)
By U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Angel Roman-Otero. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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