An Australian Navy survey ship has located a U.S. Marine Corps aircraft that crashed over the weekend, leaving three Marines missing and presumed dead.
“Royal Australian Navy (RAN) survey ship HMAS Melville arrived in Shoalwater Bay overnight,” Australian Defense Minister Marise Payne said in a statement Monday. “Shortly after commencing survey operations in the area, the submerged aircraft was located.”
On Saturday, the MV-22 Osprey crashed off the northeast coast of Australia during routine operations in what the service is calling a “mishap.” The incident is under investigation.
Twenty-three Marines aboard the aircraft were rescued, but three remain missing.
On Sunday, the Marines called off the search for the missing, saying the operation was transitioning to recovery-and-salvage efforts.
The Australian Navy this evening will send an underwater drone to survey the site before sending in divers, Payne said in the statement.
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