{"id":2013381,"date":"2023-08-27T07:16:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T11:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-us-marines-killed-20-injured-in-air-crash-in-australia\/"},"modified":"2023-08-27T07:16:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T11:16:45","slug":"3-us-marines-killed-20-injured-in-air-crash-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-us-marines-killed-20-injured-in-air-crash-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"3 US Marines died and 20 were injured in an air 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\">28<\/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-20-injured-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=2013381&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. \u2063Marines have tragically lost their lives and 20 others have been\u200b injured\u200c after their\u200c aircraft crashed in northern Australia during routine exercises,\u2064 according to the U.S. military.<\/p>\n<p>During a\u200b routine\u200b training exercise, the Boeing\u2062 MV-22B Osprey \u2064tiltrotor aircraft crashed on \u200bMelville Island, north of Darwin in \u2064Australia&#8217;s \u200cNorthern\u200b Territory, around 9:30\u2063 a.m. Sunday local time, as reported by Marine\u200b Rotational Force Darwin, a U.S. Marine task force. The incident occurred while the tiltrotor aircraft\u200c was transporting 23 Americans.<\/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 Be Bringing Our Mates Home&#8217;: 4 Confirmed Dead in \u2062Helicopter\u200b 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\u2063 Continues US Defence\u2064 Spend\u2062 With $1.3 \u2063Billion 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\u200b people have been \u2063confirmed\u2064 dead, while five others are in serious condition and have been flown to Darwin for hospital treatment.<\/p>\n<h2>Exercise Predators Run<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;The Marines aboard the aircraft were flying \u200din support of\u200d Exercise Predators Run,&#8221; the release stated. &#8220;Recovery efforts are ongoing. The cause\u200c of the \u200cincident \u2064is\u2064 under investigation. Further\u2062 details\u200d will \u200dbe provided as the 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\u2064 of \u200dthe Northern Territory Police mentioned that \u2062helicopters 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 \u2062to\u200c retrieve the remaining injured individuals from the crash site, which was located at a considerable \u200bdistance.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Murphy also revealed that the crashed Osprey was one of two\u2062 that had flown from Darwin to Melville on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>One of the injured individuals is\u2064 currently undergoing surgery at the Royal Darwin Hospital, as confirmed by Northern Territory \u200dChief Minister Natasha Fyles. She further stated that some \u2064of the injured are in \u2064critical condition and were triaged upon arrival at \u200dDarwin&#8217;s airport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We acknowledge that this is a terrible incident,&#8221; expressed Ms. Fyles. &#8220;The Northern Territory government stands ready to provide any necessary assistance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>About 2,500 troops from the United States, Australia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and East Timor were participating in\u2064 Exercise Predators Run\u2062 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Melville Island\u2064 is part of the Tiwi\u2064 Islands.<\/p>\n<p>Darwin currently hosts 150 U.S. \u200dMarines, with approximately 2,500 of \u2062them rotating\u200b through\u2063 the city \u2063each year.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;Tragic&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the incident as &#8220;tragic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He clarified that Australian \u2063personnel were not\u2062 involved in the crash. &#8220;The \u2062initial reports \u2062suggest that the incident involves just U.S. defense force personnel,&#8221; stated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-govt-lockdown-to-last-12-months-expect-repeated-vaccinations\/\" title=\"UK Govt: Lockdown to Last 12+ Months, Expect Repeated Vaccinations\">prime minister<\/a> \u2063during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-us-marines-killed-20-injured-in-air-crash-in-australia\/\" title=\"3 US Marines died and 20 were injured in an air crash in Australia.\">previously \u2062scheduled press conference<\/a> in 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 \u2064this difficult time,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200ca separate\u2063 statement, Mr. \u200dAlbanese\u2063 and\u200d Deputy Prime Minister\u2064 Richard Marles expressed their condolences.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our\u2064 thoughts and deepest condolences are with the three U.S. service\u200b personnel who lost their loved ones, those who have been injured, the rest of the crew, and \u200bindeed the entire United \u200cStates armed \u200cforces,&#8221; he \u200bsaid.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Australian and U.S. personnel have stood shoulder to shoulder for \u2064more than a century. Our Alliance is built upon these enduring links\u200c and our \u200cshared values,&#8221; the\u2063 statement reads. &#8220;This incident is a reminder of the\u200c significance of the service undertaken by our \u2063defense\u200c 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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