Three Marines have been confirmed dead after a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey carrying 23 service members crashed in Australia on Sunday.
Five others in serious condition were transported to Royal Darwin Hospital following the crash on Melville Island, north of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, according to a Sunday statement from Marine Rotational Force-Darwin.
The Osprey was transporting Marines to a routine training exercise, Exercise Predators Run, according to the statement. The crash took place at approximately 9:30 a.m. local time.
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