US military aircraft with 4 onboard goes missing in Norway during training drill

A US Marine Corps aircraft with four people on board went missing in northern Norway on Friday evening during a military drill. 

The V-22 Osprey aircraft was reportedly taking part in a NATO training exercise called Cold Response when it went missing around 6.30 pm, just before its scheduled arrival at the Arctic Circle municipality Bodø. A search and rescue operation was underway. 

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The Marine Corps said on Twitter, “We can confirm an incident has occurred involving a Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey aircraft. … The cause of the incident is under investigation, and additional details will be provided as available.”

Meanwhile, the country’s Joint Rescue Coordination Centres (JRCC) told Reuters that there was bad weather in the area at the time the plane was reported missing.

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Cold Response is a military drill in which NATO members “train and operate along with Norwegian forces under harsh winter conditions.”

Norway said the exercise was “planned and informed about long before the war in Ukraine.”

This is a developing story