A U.S. Marine transport aircraft carrying five Marines went down Wednesday afternoon in a remote part of Southern California.
A federal source tells CBS News four of the five were killed. There was no word on the fate of the fifth.
The MV-22 Osprey, belonging to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, went down in a desert area near Glamis, California, Maj. Mason Englehart confirmed to CBS News. The crash occurred at around 12:25 p.m. local time.
There was no word on the fate of the fifth. The crash occurred about 50 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Source: 4 of 5 Marines killed when their aircraft crashes in Southern California desert, federal source says
