By James Regan SYDNEY, Aug 7 (Reuters)– An Australian Navy study ship has actually found a united state army airplane that collapsed off the Australian northeast shore over the weekend break, eliminating 3 Marines, Defence Minister Marise Payne claimed on Monday.

The navy scuba divers will certainly carry out from another location run undersea car procedures prior to thinking about sending out down scuba divers, Payne claimed in a declaration.

The UNITED STATE Defense Department recognized the 3 Marines as First Lieutenant Benjamin Cross, 26, of Oxford, Maine; Corporal Nathaniel Ordway, 21, of Sedgwick, Kansas; as well as Private First Class Ruben Velasco, 19, of Los Angeles.

Their MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor airplane collapsed while on routine procedures on Saturday after removing from the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) aquatic attack ship, the Marines Corps claimed. The Marines have actually defined the event as a “mishap” as well as claimed it was under examination.

Twenty- 3 various other workers aboard the airplane were saved.

The Marine Corps claimed earlier it had actually moved from a search-and-rescue initiative to a healing procedure, which can last numerous months.

“Royal Australian Navy survey ship Melville arrived in Shoalwater Bay overnight,” Payne claimed in the declaration. “Shortly after commencing survey operations in the area, the submerged aircraft was located.” (Additional coverage by Eric Beech in Washington; Editing by Nick Macfie as well as Sandra Maler)

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