A U.S. military aircraft carrying four people has crashed in northern Norway, the country’s rescue coordination center announced Friday. A V-22 Osprey aircraft—a multi-mission, tiltrotor military aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing—belonging to the U.S. Marine Corps “has hit the ground,” said a spokesperson for the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) in Norway. The spokesperson said the status of the people on board the aircraft was not known. The aircraft had been taking part in a NATO military exercise called Cold Response 2022. The naval, air, and ground drills started earlier this week and involves 30,000 troops, 220 aircraft, and 50 warships. According to a statement from the JRCC of Northern Norway, the aircraft was reported missing at 6:26 p.m. local time, south of Bodo. It was due to land around 6:00 p.m., the statement said. The last known position of the aircraft was Saltfjellet. The JRCC spokesperson said a rescue helicopter …
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