A United States Marines Corps plane crashed on a north Australian island Sunday, injuring 23 Marines, a number of critically, officers stated.
Five of the injured had been flown 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Melville Island to the mainland metropolis of Darwin for hospital remedy, Northern Territory Police Commissioner Michael Murphy stated round six hours after the crash.
Helicopters and fixed-wing plane had been deployed to return from the distant location with the remainder of the injured, he stated.
One of the injured was present process surgical procedure on the Royal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles stated at a joint news convention with Murphy.
Some had been critically injured and sufferers had been being triaged on arrival at Darwin’s airport, she stated.
“We acknowledge that this is a terrible incident,” Fyles stated. “The Northern Territory government stands by to offer whatever assistance is required.”
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated solely Americans had been injured when the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor plane crashed throughout Exercise Predators Run, which entails the militaries of the United States, Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines and East Timor.
“The initial reports suggest that the incident involves just U.S. defense force personnel,” Albanese stated.
“Our focus as a government and as the department of defense is very much on incident response and on making sure that every support and assistance is given at this difficult time,” he added.
Melville is a part of the Tiwi Islands, which together with Darwin are the main focus of the train that entails 2,500 troops.
The Osprey that crashed was considered one of two that had flown from Darwin to Melville on Sunday, Murphy stated.
Around 150 U.S. Marines are at present based mostly in Darwin and as much as 2,500 rotate by way of town yearly.
The U.S. navy was additionally participating in a mulitnation navy train in July when 4 Australia personnel had been killed in a military MRH-90 off the northeast Australian coast.
Kaynak: AP
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