CANBERRA, Aug 30 (NNN-AAP) – The remains of three U.S. Marines killed in a plane crash on an island off Australia’s north coast have been recovered.
The U.S. Marine Rotational Force Darwin (MRF-D) said in a statement last night that, the bodies of the three Marines have been transported to Darwin, the capital of Australia’s Northern Territory (NT).
The three Marines were killed when their MV-22B Osprey plane, with 23 personnel on board, crashed on Sunday morning approximately 80 km north of Darwin, on Melville Island, during a training exercise.
The MRF-D said that, as of last night, two of the Marines who were injured in the crash remained in a stable condition, in the Royal Darwin Hospital, but a third was in a critical condition and has been moved more than 3,000 km to Melbourne for treatment.
“The cause of the incident remains under investigation,” the statement said.– NNN-AAP
