The aircraft was based at Camp Pendleton with Marine Aircraft Group 39.
and another is missing after an Osprey aircraft crashed in the Southern California desert, a military official said Thursday, a day after the accident.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still ongoing. No additional details were available. The MV-22B Osprey was carrying five Marines when it went down at 12:25 p.m. Wednesday during training in a remote area in Imperial County near the community ofThe aircraft was based at Camp Pendleton with Marine Aircraft Group 39 and was part of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing headquartered at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, Maj. Mason Englehart, a spokesperson for the wing, said Wednesday.
The MV-22B is a twin-engine tiltrotor aircraft that can take off and land like a helicopter but transit as a turboprop aircraft.Prior to Wednesday’s crash, Osprey crashes had caused 46 deaths, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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