According to a report by the Los Angeles Times, reported by the German news agency Deutsche Welle, initial reports indicate four of the five people on board are dead and authorities are trying to determine the fate of the fifth.
The military denied reports that the aircraft was carrying radioactive substances when it crashed near Glamis, 35 km from the US-Mexico border.
"We can confirm that an aircraft belonging to the 3rd wing of the Marine Corps Air Force crashed near Glamis," a Marine spokesman told Agence France-Presse. "Military and civilian rescue teams are on the scene. Contrary to rumors circulating on social networking sites, there was no nuclear material on the aircraft," he assured."
Close to the crash site is a Marine Corps air force base in Yuma (Arizona). MV-22 Osprey aircraft, which have the ability to take off and land vertically, are stationed there.
The US military has already encountered several fatal accidents involving this type of aircraft - which combines the capabilities of a helicopter and a helicopter plane - most recently in March, when one crashed in Norway during a NATO training exercise, killing all four members of its crew.
Source: CNA
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