Five Marines Dead in V-22 Osprey Crash in California

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Five US Marines died aboard a V-22 Osprey military aircraft that crashed in southern California on Wednesday afternoon, the US Marines Corps said on Thursday.
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"Five Marines with Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), have been confirmed deceased following an aviation mishap involving an MV-22B Osprey during a training mission near Glamis, CA on the afternoon of June 8, 2022," the Marine Corps said in a press release.
The release said an investigation into the mishap is underway.
On Wednesday, US media reported that the military aircraft was carrying nuclear material, but a US Marine Corps spokesperson told Sputnik no nuclear material was on board the aircraft.
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