A US link marine plane taking part in a NATOexercise has crashed in Norway link,killing all four Americans on board, the Scandinavian country’s army saidSaturday.
The four-person crew were taking part in the Cold Response militaryexercises involving 30,000 people from NATO and partner countries.
Their plane, a V-22B Osprey aircraft belonging to the USlink Marine Corps, was reported missing onFriday evening south of Bodo in northern Norwaylink.
At 01:30 (0030 GMT) on Saturday, “the police arrived at the scene. Thepolice in Nordland County now confirm that the crew of four have died. Asfar as the police know, the four are of American nationality,” it said in astatement.
The US link Marine Corps earlier confirmed “amishap” involving a MV-22B Osprey during the exercises and said Norwegiancivil authorities were leading the search and rescue efforts.
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Cold Response 2022 aims to test how Norwaylink would manage allied reinforcements onits soil in the event that NATO’s mutual defence clause were triggered.
Tensions between Russia and NATO have soared following Moscow’s invasion ofUkraine, but the exercises were planned long before that offensive began onFebruary 24.
