Three US marines remain in the Royal Darwin Hospital after a US Osprey aircraft crashed on a remote Northern Territory island, claiming the lives of three personnel.
abc.net.au/news/nt-osprey-military-helicopter-crash-air-traffic-control-audio/102785112Air traffic control audio has the moment authorities declared an emergency after the crash of a US military Osprey aircraft that killed three marines.Air traffic control audio mentions 'significant fire' minutes after an emergency is declaredTwenty-three personnel were onboard the Osprey, with 20 of the crew evacuated to Darwin.
"We are just a declaring an emergency, we have Dumptruck 11 flight single MV-22 in the vicinity of Melville Island.""Contact 33, search and rescue is requesting … if there is fire." The recording can be heard in audio logs of Darwin's air traffic control shortly after the crash around 9am on Sunday.The crash happened during Exercise Predators Run, a series of wargames being held in northern Australia between the militaries of the United States, Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Timor Leste., including one in intensive care.
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