US Navy Air Crash Kills 19All 19 US Marines on board a new-technology military airplane were killed on Saturday night (local time) when it crashed during a training exercise, US military officials said.An MV 22 Osprey crashed with 19 Marines on board, including four crew members, at about 8 pm PDT (0300 GMT) near Avra Valley Airport in the desert town of Marana, Arizona, about 32 kilometres northwest of Tucson according to Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon. Bacon said the Marines were conducting training with night-vision goggles when the crash occurred. Military officials could not confirm whether the plane had become an airborne fireball before it crashed, as depicted by Marana residents. The Osprey, under development for more than a decade, can take off and land like a helicopter using rotors before converting to fixed-wing operation that enables it to fly like a plane. |
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