Moment US military helicopter crashes into warship killing three marines
Sam Courtney-Guy - 34m ago
Dramatic footage has emerged of a deadly US military accident in which a state-of-the-art hybrid aicraft crashed into the side of a warship five years ago.
Three marines died and 23 narrowly escaped drowning when the MV-22 Osprey veered into the US Green Bay while trying to land on its deck off the coast of Australia in August 2017.
The clip, which surfaced on Saturday, shows the aircraft hovering toward the deck before suddenly veering to one side and hitting the ship.
Air traffic controllers are seen sprinting away as a spinning rotorblade careers towards them before the person fiming them ducks for cover.
Officials say the collision crushed the cockpit, breaking the pilot’s hip and leg and piercing the hull, causing it to sink after it fell 30 feet into the water.
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