Three US Marines die in Australia helicopter crash

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Three US Marines died when a MV-22B Osprey helicopter crashed in northern Australia. File photograph: JAM STA ROSA/AFP via Getty Images Three US Marines died in a helicopter crash during military exercises in northern Australia on Sunday. Five others were “transported to Royal Darwin Hospital in serious condition”, Marine Rotation Force – Darwin said in a press release. It said they were among 23 Marines on a MV-22B Osprey helicopter during routine training exercises and that the cause of the crash was being investigated. The crash occurred on the remote Tiwi Islands after 9am local time, said Northern Territory Police...