DARWIN, Australia: All 23 US marines on board a military aircraft that crashed in northern Australia have been accounted for, police said on Monday, as investigators worked to uncover the cause of an accident that left three dead and five seriously injured.
The Boeing MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft crashed on Melville Island, north of Darwin, on Sunday morning during a routine military exercise for locally based troops.Authorities confirmed to Agence France-Presse that the 15 marines who were not dead or seriously injured had now been accounted for. They either suffered minor injuries or were unhurt.Authorities have launched investigations into what caused the crash.
''It was just a really big effort from everyone that attended there and coordinated the rescue response just to care for those who were injured,' he said.Northern Australia has become an important staging ground for the US military in recent years, as Washington and Canberra work together to counter China's growing clout in the Asia-Pacific region.
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