A American fighter plane with four crew on board has crashed this Friday in the Nordland region, northern Norway, according to the Norwegian news agency NTB.
The aircraft was conducting training and did not land at the scheduled timea, so the emergency services undertook search work in the area, where the weather conditions were not good.
According to NTB, plane wreckage found, but at the moment it is unknown what has happened to the crew. “We have not been on the ground, so we do not know anything about the four who were on board. But we know that there is an impact point,” said a spokesman for the rescue services, Jan Eskil, quoted by the Norwegian agency.
Another representative of the emergency services, Thomas Ringen, has indicated that the search operation is coordinated with the Norwegian Armed Forces, but has specified that for the moment it is being managed as a ordinary rescue mission.
The aircraft, of the V-22 Osprey model, participated in the Cold Response maneuvers (“Cold Response”) that the NATO is being carried out in northern Norway, as confirmed by Lieutenant Colonel Ivar Moen.
According to the rescue services, the strong winds and snow They will get worse overnight, so it is not possible to descend by helicopter to the accident site, which however the police and a group of volunteers are trying to reach by land.
In a release, the Norwegian rescue services have specified that the search began after receiving the notice of the disappearance of the US military plane at 18:26. His landing was scheduled just before 6:00 p.m. The plane, which was on a training mission, was heading north towards Bodø and its last known position was at Saltfjellet, according to the note.
Source: Lasexta
Mario Twitchell is an accomplished author and journalist, known for his insightful and thought-provoking writing on a wide range of topics including general and opinion. He currently works as a writer at 247 news agency, where he has established himself as a respected voice in the industry.
