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Australian Navy finds missing US aircraft

23 of 26 personnel on board were rescued
Posted at 6:28 AM, Aug 07, 2017
and last updated 2017-08-07 10:00:53-04

The Australian Navy has located a missing US military aircraft that crashed off Australia's east coast on Saturday, Defense Minister Marise Payne said in a statement Monday. Three US Marines have been missing since what the Marine Corps calls a "mishap" with an MV-22 aircraft. Twenty-three of the 26 personnel on board the aircraft were rescued, the Corps said.