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terrible incident. the government stands by to offer whatever assistance is required. we have stood up a number of systems in the northern territory to respond to this incident. we are well resourced and well practiced in the northern territory in responding to emergencies. >> reporter: according to the marine row takal force darwin, the u.s. marines were flying as a part of a joint training with australia and other countries that was called exercise predators run. toes pray is the primary transport aircraft for the marines. since 2012 the tilt rotor aircraft has seen six fatal crashes causing at least 19 marine corps deaths. three similarly died in 2017 off of australia's coast. now, this is the second is aircraft crash of the week for the marine corps. on thursday major andrew metler died in an f-18 hornet crash during a training exercise near san diego. the commanding of the 2nd marine aircraft wing stated, quote: we
transferred to a hospital in darwin in serious condition. this happened during a military training exercise. cnn security correspondent alex marquardt is following the latest on all of this. alex, this is just a terrible tragedy. do we know what happened? >> it is horrible and very sad. there is very little information at this point as to what exactly happened to this osprey that crashed just off the coast of australia. we did just hear from the secretary of defense lloyd austin, he didn't talk about any kind of malfunction or pilot error. he did pay tribute to the marines on board saying that they served our country with courage and pride and my thoughts and prayers are their families today as well he said with the other troops who were injured in the crash. note, jim, that in that message, he doesn't say how many people -- how many marines were kill and how many were wounded. the last figures that we have are three u.s. marines were killed, five seriously wounds and transported immediately to a hospital in darwin. we do know, however, the context of what was happening in the moment. this was sunday morning, local
who have been confirmed dead. at least five were seriously wounded. they were taken to a hospital in darwin. several other marines, according to a local official, were treated at the scene. this osprey was taking part in a routine training. there's an exercise called exercise predator's run where u.s. troops train alongside australian forces and forces from other countries. this was not anything that was out of the ordinary. the u.s. sends marines to australia as part of a rotational force, around 2,500 u.s. marines normally take part. we have heard from the australian prime minister who offered his condolences to the u.s. here is a little more of what the prime minister had to say. >> our focus as a government and as a department of defense is very much on incident response and on making sure that every support and assistance is given
northern australia. this is where an exercise had been taking place, this was a routine operation i these u.s. forces, american troops training alongside australian troops and forces from other countries. these two ospreys taking off heading north, and this crash happened on melville island, had some 23 u.s. marines on board. very soon after the crash we did hear from the marines, saying that the marines had been killed, at least five more were seriously wounded and were taken to a hospital in darwin. a local official had said there were more injuries, there were people who were treated on the scene but we've gotten very little in the way of an update
hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. darwin's late winner saves the day forjurgen klopp�*s side, against newcastle, in a thrilling comeback. the perfect send off for shrubsole — the southern braves pay tribute to their retiring captain in winning the women's hundred at lord's. and a record—equalling ninth win in a row for max verstappen, after rain causes chaos in the netherlands, on fi's return. welcome to sportsday. what late drama we saw at st james�* park, as two goals from darwin nunez helped liverpool beat newcastle 2—1. newcastle had opportunities to kill the game, but were punished by darwin, whose two goals late
cnn's senior national security correspondent alex marqrardt is here with more. >> reporter: we're still waiting to hear whether it was a technical malfunction that caused this osprey to crash. it was flying from darwin, that city in northern australia north and crashed on melville island, an island just off the coast of northern australia. 23 marines were on board. those not killed with injured. we know three u.s. marines were killed, at least five were seriously wounded and sent immediately to a hospital in darwin and others were treated, according to a local official, at the scene. these marines were being transported in this osprey as part of a training exercise, routine exercise called exercise
incident. the northern territory government stands by to offer whatever assistance is required but we have stood up a number of assistants in the northern territory to respond to this incident. we are well resourced and will practice in the northern territory in responding to emergencies big. >> according to the marine rotational force darwin u.s. marines were flying as part of a joint training. with australia and other countries was called exercise predators run. the offspring as a primary transport aircraft for the marines put loads or vertical takeoff and landings while traveling in the air like a turboprop since 2012 the tilt rotor aircraft has seen six fatal crashes causing at least 19 marine corps deaths. three similarly died in 2017 off of us to raise coast this is a second aircraft crash of the week for the marine corps on thursday at major andrew mettler dighton f-18 hornet crashed during a training exercise near san diego the commanding general of the second marine aircraft wing stated this quote we mourn
time in australia. 28 u.s. marines on board this osprey. they were taking part in a routine training exercise. there were two of the ospreys that had taken off from darwin on that northern coast. they were taking part in a multi-national training called exercise predators run. the osprey that went down crashed in -- on an island called mehlville island which is one of two islands rell off of that northern coast. we have heard from australian authorities and they said that some of the injured were treated on site. the australia prime minister has also said that they're assisting any way they can in the investigation in the support for the u.s. marines, he offered his condolences to families. here is more of what the prime had to say. >> our focus as a government and as the department of defense is very much on incident response and on making sure that every
and darwin nunez wisely use their feet. darwin at the hero for those in red, as liverpool's latest evolution underjurgen klopp has a win. a huge win indeed. manchester city are already looking like the team to catch — if anyone can keep up, that is! they battled back to beat to resilient sheffield united side at bramall lane earlier this afternoon, maintaining their winning start to the season, and finishing the day top. 0ur correspondent andy swiss reports. for manchester city, a familiar line—up, but an unfamiliar leader. assistant boss juanma lillo taking charge, while pep guardiola recovers from back surgery. and without him, city didn't quite look themselves. they won a first—half penalty after a handball from sheffield united'sjohn egan.