According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, according to the first data, four of the five passengers on the plane are dead and the authorities are trying to determine the fate of the fifth.
A U.S. military plane has crashed in a desert area of southern California near the Mexican border on Wednesday, a Marine Corps spokesman told AFP.
According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, according to the first data, four of the five passengers on the plane are dead and the authorities are trying to determine the fate of the fifth.
The military has denied reports that the plane was carrying radioactive material when it crashed near Glamis, 35 miles (35 km) from the US-Mexico border.
“We can confirm that an aircraft belonging to the 3rd Wing of the Marine Corps crashed near Glamis,” a Marine spokesman told AFP. “Military and civilian rescue teams are on the scene. “Contrary to rumors circulating on social networking sites, there was no nuclear material on board,” he said.
Near the crash site is a Marine Air Base in Yuma, Arizona. MV-22 Osprey aircraft are parked there, which have the ability to take off and land vertically.
The U.S. military has already suffered a number of fatal crashes involving this type of aircraft – which combines the capabilities of a helicopter and a helicopter – most recently in March, when it crashed in Norway during a NATO exercise, resulting in the loss of their lives and the four members of his crew.
