US military aircraft crash in Australia with 23 Marines onboard leaves three Marines dead, five in serious condition

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Three US Marines died Sunday after an Osprey aircraft crashed on a remote tropical island north of Australia during war games, US military officials said. Five Marines had been rescued from the crash site and flown to a hospital in Darwin in a “serious condition”, the US officials said, while Australian police said they were triaging the rest of the injured crew at the scene. “There were a total of 23 personnel on board,” US military officials said in a statement. “Three have been confirmed deceased while five others were transported to Royal Darwin Hospital in a serious condition.” Rescue...