The cargo compartment can accommodate loads ranging from 27 pallets to a mix of 17 pallets and 75 passengers.

A U.S. Marine Corps Osprey transport aircraft has accidentally dropped a cargo pallet weighing 400-450 kilograms into waters near Ie Island in Okinawa Prefecture, prefectural officials said Tuesday.

No damage to ships or others has been confirmed. The 1.3-square-meter cargo pallet, loaded with meals, was to be lowered to the U.S. military's auxiliary airfield on the island. At a press ...