A United States Marine Corps aircraft crashed on a north Australian island Sunday, killing three Marines and injuring 20 during a multi-nation training exercise, officials said.
FILE - A U.S. Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft takes off after a rehearsal by special operations forces from Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon as part of Eager Lion, a multinational military exercise in Zarqa, Jordan, on June 17, 2013.CANBERRA, Australia — A United States Marine Corps aircraft carrying troops crashed on a north Australian island Sunday, killing three Marines and injuring 20 during a multination training exercise, officials said.
Helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft had been deployed to return from the remote location with the rest of the injured, Northern Territory Police Commissioner Michael Murphy said. "The initial reports suggest that the incident involves just U.S. defense force personnel," Albanese said."Our focus as a government and as the department of defense is very much on incident response and on making sure that every support and assistance is given at this difficult time."
The Osprey that crashed was one of two that had flown from Darwin to Melville on Sunday, Murphy said.
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