The V-22 Osprey crashed carrying about 20 service members, officials said.
At least three U.S. military personnel were killed on Sunday when a Marine helicopter crashed during a training exercise off the northern coast of Australia, U.S. officials said.
The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey was carrying 23 service members when it went down at about 9:30 a.m. near the Tiwi Islands, in the Northern Territory of Australia, officials with the Marine Rotational Force-Darwin said in a statement.
This picture shows a general view of the Emergency & Trauma Center of the Royal Darwin Hospital in Darwin on August 27, 2023, as rescue work in progress to transport those injured in the US Osprey military aircraft crash at a remote island north of Australia’s mainland.
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Five other service members were taken to the Royal Darwin Hospital in serious condition, the statement said.
Recovery efforts were ongoing, officials said. The cause of the crash had not yet been determined.
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