Three US Marines died and 20 have been injured after a Marine Corps plane – Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor plane – crashed in Australia throughout a coaching train on Sunday, August 27.
The plane, which crashed at round 9.30 AM native time, was carrying 23 Marines, out of whom three died and 5 others have been rushed to the Royal Darwin Hospital in a severe situation.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reportedly stated that solely Americans have been injured within the crash. The Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles has assured help in any doable manner.
“We acknowledge that this is a terrible incident. The Northern Territory government stands by to offer whatever assistance is required,” Fyles stated.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin supplied his condolences to the households of the deceased and those injured. Taking to X, previously generally known as Twitter, he wrote, “We tragically lost service members during a training exercise in Australia overnight. These Marines served our country with courage and pride, and my thoughts and prayers are with their families today, with the other troops who were injured in the crash, and with the entire USMC family.”
We tragically misplaced service members throughout a coaching train in Australia in a single day. These Marines served our nation with braveness and delight, and my ideas and prayers are with their households right now, with the opposite troops who have been injured within the crash, and with the whole USMC…
— Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III (@SecDef) August 27, 2023
The Osprey crashed throughout Exercise Predators Run, a coaching train involving troops from the US, Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, and East Timor. The plane was flying from Darwin to Melville.
Northern Territory Police Commission Michael Murphy stated that two US Marine Osprey plane had left Darwin on Sunday morning and flew in the direction of Tiwi Islands, about 80 kilometres away. About 150 US Marines are reportedly based mostly in Darwin and as much as 2,500 troops rotate via town yearly.
The Osprey plane has infamously been concerned in a number of such incidents prior to now as properly. Five US Marines had died final 12 months after an MV-22B Osprey crashed throughout a coaching mission close to California. Four extra US personnel have been killed when their Osprey plane crashed throughout a NATO coaching drill in Norway.
Reports say 5 crashes and 16 deaths since 2012 have concerned Ospreys – a hybrid plane flown by the US Army, Navy and Air Force. The plane is much like a chopper however can rotate its propellers ahead and is quicker.