{"id":2013365,"date":"2023-08-27T06:31:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T10:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-us-marines-killed-in-air-crash-in-australia\/"},"modified":"2023-08-27T06:32:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T10:32:34","slug":"3-us-marines-killed-in-air-crash-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-us-marines-killed-in-air-crash-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"3 US Marines died in plane crash in Australia."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F3-us-marines-killed-in-air-crash-in-australia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2013365&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>Three U.S. Marines have\u200b tragically lost their lives and 20 others have been injured after their aircraft crashed\u2063 in northern Australia during routine \u2062exercises, according\u2063 to\u2062 the U.S. \u200dmilitary.<\/p>\n<p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-us-marines-killed-in-military-plane-crash-in-australia\/\" title=\"Three US Marines die in plane crash in Australia.\">routine training exercise<\/a>, the Boeing MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft crashed on Melville \u2064Island,\u200c north of Darwin in \u200dAustralia&#8217;s Northern Territory, around\u2064 9:30 a.m. \u200cSunday \u2062local time, as reported\u2063 by \u2062Marine\u2063 Rotational Force Darwin.<\/p>\n<p>The tiltrotor aircraft was\u2062 transporting 23\u200b Americans at the time of\u2063 the incident.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/well-be-bringing-our-mates-home-4-confirmed-dead-in-helicopter-crash-5433459\">&#8216;We&#8217;ll \u200cBe Bringing Our Mates \u200cHome&#8217;:\u200c 4 \u200bConfirmed Dead in Helicopter Crash<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">7\/31\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/well-be-bringing-our-mates-home-4-confirmed-dead-in-helicopter-crash-5433459\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/australia-continues-us-defence-spend-with-1-3-billion-tomahawk-missile-buy-5477466\">Australia Continues US \u2062Defence Spend \u200dWith $1.3 Billion Tomahawk Missile Buy<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/21\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/australia-continues-us-defence-spend-with-1-3-billion-tomahawk-missile-buy-5477466\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tragically, three individuals have been confirmed\u2063 dead, while\u200d five others are in serious condition\u2062 and have \u2064been \u2063transported to Darwin for hospital treatment.<\/p>\n<h2>Exercise Predators Run<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;The Marines aboard the aircraft were flying in support of Exercise Predators Run,&#8221;\u200c the release stated. &#8220;Recovery\u2064 efforts are ongoing. 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Further details will be provided \u200cas\u200d the\u200b situation develops.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Commissioner Michael Murphy of the Northern Territory Police mentioned that helicopters and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putins-ukraine-nightmare-why-cant-the-russian-military-win\/\" title=\"Putin\u2019s Ukraine Nightmare: Why Can\u2019t the Russian Military Win?\">fixed-wing aircraft<\/a> were deployed to retrieve the remaining\u200b injured from the crash site.<\/p>\n<p>It was\u2064 revealed \u200cthat the crashed Osprey\u2062 was one of two that had flown from Darwin to Melville\u200b on\u2062 Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>One of the injured \u2062individuals is currently \u200dundergoing surgery at the Royal Darwin\u200b Hospital, as confirmed by Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Fyles added that some of the injured \u200bare in \u200dcritical condition and were\u200d immediately attended \u200dto upon arrival at Darwin&#8217;s\u2064 airport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We acknowledge that this is \u2064a\u2063 terrible\u200c incident,&#8221; expressed Ms.\u200d Fyles. &#8220;The Northern Territory government stands ready to \u2063provide any necessary assistance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>About 2,500 troops from \u2063the United States, Australia, the Philippines, Indonesia, \u2063and East Timor \u200bwere participating in Exercise Predators Run 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Melville Island \u2064is part of \u2063the Tiwi Islands.<\/p>\n<p>Darwin \u200dcurrently hosts 150 U.S. Marines, with approximately \u20622,500 of them rotating through the city each year.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;Tragic&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Australian \u200cPrime Minister Anthony Albanese described the incident as\u2064 &#8220;tragic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He clarified \u2063that Australian personnel were not involved in\u200c the \u2063crash. &#8220;The initial\u200c reports \u200dsuggest that the\u200b incident involves \u200cjust\u200d U.S. defense force personnel,&#8221; stated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-killed-in-ukrainian-attack-on-key-crimean-bridge-russia-says\/\" title=\"Russia claims that two individuals were killed in a Ukrainian assault on a crucial Crimean bridge.\">prime \u200cminister<\/a> during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-us-marines-killed-in-air-crash-in-australia\/\" title=\"3 US Marines died in plane crash in Australia.\">previously scheduled \u2063press conference<\/a> in\u200d Western Australia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our focus as a government and as a department of defense is very much on incident response and on making sure that every support and assistance is given at this difficult \u200ctime,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate statement, Mr. Albanese and Deputy Prime\u200b Minister Richard Marles expressed their\u200c condolences.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with the three\u200c U.S. \u2064service personnel who lost their loved ones, those\u2062 who have been \u200cinjured,\u200d the rest of the \u2064crew, and indeed\u200d the entire United States armed \u200dforces,&#8221; \u200che said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Australian and U.S. personnel have stood \u2064shoulder\u2062 to shoulder for more than a century. Our Alliance is built upon these\u2064 enduring links and\u200d our \u200cshared values,&#8221; the statement reads. &#8220;This incident is\u2063 a reminder of the significance of the service undertaken by our defense forces.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three U.S. Marines died and 20 were injured when their aircraft crashed during routine exercises in northern Australia. 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