That there are no members of the australian defence force involved in this incident. our focus as a government and as a department of defence is very much on incident response and on making sure that every support and assistance is given at this difficult time. our reporter in sydney, phil mercer, has the latest. officials have confirmed that three us marines have died in this aircraft crash. this took place on the tiwi islands, about 60 kilometres to the north of darwin, the capital city of australia s northern territory. so right at the north in the middle of australia, on melville island, one of the tiwi islands, this vertical take off aircraft has crashed.
Support and assistance is given at this difficult time. that was anthony albanese e. our reporter in sydney, phil mercer, has the latest. officials have confirmed that three us marines have died in this aircraft crash. this took place on the tiwi islands, about 60 kilometres to the north of darwin, the capital city of australia s northern territory. so right at the north in the middle of australia, on melville island, one of the tiwi islands, this vertical take off aircraft has crashed. this is an osprey, one of two us vertical take off aircraft that have been involved in military drills between australian forces and us military forces in the northern territory. we understand that 23
Marines have died in this aircraft crash. this took place on the tiwi islands, about 60 kilometres to the north of darwin, the capital city of australia s northern territories. so right at the north in the middle of australia, on melville island, one of the tiwi islands, this vertical take off aircraft has crashed. this is an osprey, one of two us vertical take off aircraft that have been involved in military drills between australian forces and us military forces in the northern territory. we understand that 22 people were on board. three us marines have been confirmed to have been killed. at least five others have been flown to the royal darwin hospital, that is the royal darwin hospital, that is the biggest hospital in the city of darwin, which has initiated its