US Marine Corps aircraft with 4 aboard crashes in Norway during NATO exercise: No survivors

A U.S. Marine Corps aircraft carrying four occupants crashed in northern Norway during a NATO exercise Friday evening, according to officials.

None of the occupants survived, Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store confirmed Saturday.

“The soldiers participated in the NATO exercise Cold Response,” Store said in a statement. “Our deepest sympathies go to the soldiers’ families, relatives and fellow soldiers in their unit.”

The exercises in Norway were part of those held annually and were unrelated to the war in Ukraine, The Associated Press reported.

The cause of the crash remained under investigation, the report said.

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