Eight people who were on board the aircraft when it crashed on Melville Island on Sunday remain in hospital in Darwin.
Defence and emergency services will start working to recover the remains of three American marines who died in a plane crash north of Darwin on Sunday, while eight people who were on board the aircraft are being cared for in hospital.
Murphy said personnel were already on site in the remote area, where there was limited 4G network and a flight ban was now in place. The United States defence force and marine corps were also assisting with resources to maintain the crash site and work out what happened.Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles said 20 people had been admitted to the Royal Darwin Hospital on Sunday. Twelve have since been discharged and eight remain in hospital.
Fyles said the marines were part of a rotational force that came through the top end every year and integrated themselves in the Northern Territory community. “We are all feeling their loss,” she said. “They are good friends. We have no closer allies than the United States. And this incident is, indeed, tragic,” he said.“But once again, Australian emergency personnel, as well as our defence forces, as well as those people in the medical sector at the Royal Darwin Hospital, have shown the best of the Australian character in looking after our American friends.”
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