US Marine VSTOL crashed in Norway

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Four confirmed dead in Osprey accident

From SAR Northern Norway:
The weather conditions in the area have been challenging and are expected to get worse.

Ground crews coordinated by the police have been deployed in the area.

At 21.17, discoveries were made from the air in Gråtådalen in Beiarn. Due to the weather conditions, it was not possible to go down to the site.

Police / rescue crews are now on their way into the area.

Further coordination is handled by the police in Nordland.

Weather forecast for Gråtådalen rest of today:

Weather forecast for Gråtådalstua

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Latest from NRK Nordland:
https://www.nrk.no/nordland/militaerflyet-osprey-styrtet-i-beiarn-_-rode-kors-deltok-i-aksjonen-i-beiarn-1.15899869
(Translates reasonably well with G.T.)

Withdraws from the area
The police have withdrawn from the accident site due to the bad weather.

Landslide experts have advised everyone not to stay in the area due to the high risk of both landslides and avalanches.

The police will therefore not enter the accident site until the risk of landslides decreases and the weather conditions allow it. We are now waiting for assistance from the AIBN and Kripos, who are expected to Bodø today.

• The chief of police in Nordland has decided that there is a temporary ban on flights and drones in the area around the accident site, says Chief of Staff Bent Are Eilertsen in Nordland police district .