Newly released footage shows the moment an MV-22 Osprey helicopter crashed into the side of a US warship in 2017, killing three Marines on board.

According to foreign media, the footage, which was first published online on Saturday, shows the helicopter - which can fly like an airplane and hover like a helicopter - attempting to land on the US warship. off the coast of Queensland, Australia, on August 5, 2017.

But the helicopter suddenly crashes.

A hole in his damaged cabin soon saw him flood with water, causing him to sink.

All but three of those service personnel were rescued, and the bodies of three others were recovered after a 12-hour search.

Military officials said no one was to blame for the crash and that the three young Marines killed all died in the line of duty and not "as a result of misconduct."

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