U.S. military aircraft with four on board crashes in Artic Norway
Breaking: Four believed to be dead after U.S. military aircraft crashes in Arctic Norway: Local police say they found wreckage but ‘no sign of life’
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey has crashed into the Artic Norway on FridayAuthorities report that four crew members were on board when it went downNorwegian officials said there was no sign of life as they go through the wreckage amid bad weather conditions in the areaAbout 3,000 U.S. Marines are currently in Norway for a NATO training exercise that takes place near the Artic every two years
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A U.S. military aircraft with four people on board crashed in northern Norway, local police and the country’s Joint Rescue Coordination Centres (JRCC) said on Friday.
The MV-22B Osprey aircraft belonging to the U.S. Marine Corps was taking part in a NATO military exercise called Cold Response when it was reported missing at 6:26 p.m., the JRCC said.
A rescue helicopter and a Norwegian military Orion plane searching the area spotted the wreckage from the air at 8:17 p.m. after receiving an emergency signal.
‘We’ve discovered an aircraft that has crashed. We’ve seen no sign of life,’ Nordland police chief of staff Bent Eilertsen told Reuters.
‘We’ve been told it’s an American aircraft with four Americans on board,’ he said.
The U.S. Marine Corps confirmed that a ‘mishap’ occurred with the aircraft and said the incident remains under investigation.
‘Norwegian civil authorities are leading the search and rescue efforts at this time,’ The Second Marine Expeditionary Force said in a statement. ‘We are grateful for their efforts and will assist them… in all manners possible.’
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey, like the one pictured above, has crashed into the Artic Norway on Friday
Because of the bad weather, the rescue aircraft could not land. Instead, police and rescue services were trying to reach the site by land, but it was unclear how long this could take.
‘It’s dark, the weather conditions are bad and there is a risk of avalanches,’ Eilertsen said.
The plane was on a training exercise and had been due to land at around 6 p.m. Weather was bad in the area, with conditions worsening.
There are 3,000 U.S. Marines in northern Norway participating in the Cold Response 22 NATO exercise, which is held every two years to help train NATO forces how to operate in the Artic.
The exercise runs between March 14 to April 1.
While tensions are high between NATO and Russia following the invasion of Ukraine last month, NATO said in a statement that the training exercise was unrelated and scheduled eight months in advance.
‘It is not linked to Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine, which NATO is responding to with preventive, proportionate and non-escalatory measures,’ NATO officials said in a statement.
