{"id":2013916,"date":"2023-08-28T01:32:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T05:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-biden-honours-us-marines-killed-off-darwin-coast\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T01:33:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T05:33:54","slug":"president-biden-honours-us-marines-killed-off-darwin-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-biden-honours-us-marines-killed-off-darwin-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"President Biden pays tribute to fallen US Marines off the coast of Darwin."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fpresident-biden-honours-us-marines-killed-off-darwin-coast%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=2013916&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>U.S. President Joe Biden has released a statement \u200bvia X (formerly Twitter) about the victims \u2063of the deadly aircraft crash off Darwin that killed \u2062three U.S. marines on Aug. 28.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jill and I send our deepest condolences to the families of the Marines who lost their lives in this deadly crash. We are praying for those who also suffered injuries,&#8221; the statement read.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-y70mar\">Three \u200cU.S. marines were killed in an aircraft crash in Australia during a training exercise on the Tiwi Islands \u2062at 9:30 a.m. \u200dAug. 27,\u2064 with \u2064an additional \u200bfive marines being\u200c flown to Royal Darwin Hospital\u2062 in serious condition.<\/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\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/australia-to-ramp-up-military-ties-with-philippines-in-south-china-sea-5480549\">Australia to\u200c Ramp up Military Ties With the Philippines in South China\u200c Sea<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/25\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/australia-to-ramp-up-military-ties-with-philippines-in-south-china-sea-5480549\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/beijing-deploys-hundreds-of-satellites-to-monitor-military-exercises-in-australia-5474264\">Beijing Deploys Hundreds \u2064of Satellites to \u2063Monitor Military Exercises in Australia<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/18\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/beijing-deploys-hundreds-of-satellites-to-monitor-military-exercises-in-australia-5474264\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Overnight, \u2062rescue and recovery teams worked on \u200bMelville Island, 80 kilometres north of Darwin, in response to the tragic incident.<\/p>\n<p>Experts are currently in the process of investigating the\u200c factors that led to the crash of the U.S. military Boeing MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, which\u2064 was carrying \u2064a total of 23 marines.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the accident is yet to be\u2064 determined, \u2063with U.S. officials saying it is too soon to say whether \u2064the accident was due to a mechanical failure or some other issue.<\/p>\n<p>No Australian Defence Force personnel \u200bwere injured in the incident.<\/p>\n<h2>Tragic\u200c Incident a Reminder of the \u200cSignificant Risks Undertaken by Defence<\/h2>\n<p>Australian\u2064 Prime Minister\u2062 Anthony Albanese said the incident\u200b was \u201ctragic\u201d at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/press-secy-psaki-admits-biden-doesnt-actually-write-his-own-publicly-released-written-statements\/\" title=\"Press Secy. Psaki admits Biden doesn\u2019t actually write his own publicly released written statements\">scheduled press conference<\/a> \u2063in \u200dWestern Australia \u200bon\u200c Aug.\u2064 27.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our\u200d focus \u200das a government \u2064and as a department of defence is very much on incident response and on making \u2062sure that every support and assistance is given at \u2062this difficult\u200c time,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint statement on\u200b Aug. 28, Mr. Albanese and Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pm.gov.au\/media\/statement-mv-22-osprey-aircraft-crash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that Australians&#8217; thoughts and condolences are\u2064 with the U.S. troops who had been involved in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts and deepest\u200b condolences are with \u2062the three U.S. service personnel who lost their lives, those who have \u200bbeen injured, the rest\u200d of the crew and indeed the entire \u2062United States armed forces,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>A V-22 Osprey and a marine perform a demonstration at the US marines base in Moron de la Frontera Oct. 6, 2015. (CRISTINA QUICLER\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAustralian and U.S. personnel have stood shoulder to shoulder for more than a century. Our\u200c Alliance is built upon these enduring links and our shared values.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This incident is a reminder of the significance of the service undertaken by our \u2062personnel and those of our partner nations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Australia will continue to provide assistance to our friends for as long as is required.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles, whose territory was hosting the defence\u200d exercise, \u200dsaid of the \u200cinjured marines that Australians were working to make sure \u2064everyone received care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-marines-killed-after-osprey-aircraft-crashes-in-australia\/\" title=\"Three Marines die in Australian Osprey aircraft crash.\">working incredibly\u200b hard<\/a>\u200b and as fast as \u200cwe can to make sure we can get\u200c people to treatment,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Exercise\u200d Predators Run<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The marines\u2063 who were killed and injured aboard the aircraft were flying \u2063in support of Exercise Predators Run.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened on\u200b the first day of the twelve-day exercise that wraps up on\u200c Sept. \u200c7<span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The military exercise is the \u2064territory\u2019s largest Australian-led military exercise involving around \u20622,500 soldiers and takes place in both the Tiwi Islands and Darwin Harbour.<\/p>\n<p>It is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-biden-honours-us-marines-killed-off-darwin-coast\/\" title=\"President Biden pays tribute to fallen US Marines off the coast of Darwin.\">multi-national exercise involving soldiers<\/a> from Australia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>affected by this tragedy. Our hearts go out to the loved ones left behind. 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