Tragic Crash: 3 US Marines Killed in Australian Drill Accident

A United States Marine Corps aircraft, a Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, crashed on Melville Island in Australia during a multinational training exercise, resulting in at least three deaths and several injuries. The cause of the crash is under investigation. The injured were flown to a hospital in Darwin for treatment. Recovery efforts are ongoing, and the fate of the other 15 Marines on board is still unknown. The exercise, involving the militaries of the United States, Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and East Timor, has been paused. The Osprey is a hybrid aircraft that takes off and lands like a helicopter but can rotate its propellers forward for faster flight. This is the latest in a series of fatal crashes involving Marine Ospreys since 2012.