Five American marines lose their lives in a plane crash

Five American marines lost their lives when their Osprey military plane crashed in southern California during a training mission, the Marine Corps said in a statement.

The five marines were on an Osprey MV-22B plane. When he fell north of the Mexican border in California on Wednesday.

“We are deeply sad about the loss of our marines in this tragic disaster,” said Major General Bradford Gering. Our hearts are with their families and friends facing this tragedy. ”

Marine names and age were not published.

The Oscar Air Force, which can rise and land as a helicopter and fly like a conventional winged plane, was deployed at the Sea Corps Air Station at the Pendleton Camp about 225km west of Glamis where the incident occurred.

Sarah Marshall, a spokeswoman for the aircraft division, said there were no nuclear materials on board, according to the Los Angeles Times. / VOA