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4 US Marines die in NATO drill after Osprey crashes in Norway

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An MV-22B Osprey aircraft flies in view of Mount Baker and downtown Bellevue, Wash., during a flight for media members Monday, July 28, 2014, that started in Seattle. The vertical takeoff and landing tilt-rotor aircraft is designed to combine the functionality of a conventional helicopter with the performance of a turboprop aircraft. Two of the aircraft are in Seattle in support of Marine Week and will also be part of the annual air show over Lake Washington at Seattle's Seafair festival, Friday through Sunday. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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HELSINKI — Authorities say that four U.S. Marines have been killed when their Osprey aircraft crashed in a Norwegian town in the Arctic Circle during a NATO exercise unrelated to the Ukraine war.

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere tweeted Saturday that they were killed in the crash in Beiarn on Friday night.

The cause was under investigation, but Norwegian police reported bad weather in Beiarn, the northern part of the country where the crash took place.

The Marines were assigned to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force. They were taking part in a NATO exercise called Cold Response in an MV-22B Osprey — a helicopter-style military aircraft.

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