Three U.S. Marines died Sunday after their Osprey aircraft came down during war games on a tropical island on the northern tip of Australia.
“Those injured are 23 U.S. Marine Corps [personnel] and we are doing everything we can to return them safely back to Darwin for treatment,” NT Police Commissioner Michael Murphy said, ABC News“Five marines have been returned to Darwin for treatment with the remaining being triaged at the scene.
Royal Australian Navy Aviation Support sailors count deck lashings from a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey in preparation to launch from HMAS Canberra off the coast of Darwin during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2023. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the incident as “tragic” and “regrettable” but stressed that authorities were still trying to piece together what happened.
The Osprey — a mix between a helicopter and a plane — was taking part in the Predators Run exercises, a joint series of warfighting drills involving thousands of soldiers from the U.S. and Australia, as well as other militaries such as Indonesia and the Philippines.
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