China News Service, March 19. According to Agence France-Presse, the Norwegian military said on the 19th local time that a US military plane participating in a NATO military exercise crashed in northern Norway, killing all four people on board.

  According to reports, the Norwegian military said in a statement that the police arrived at the scene of the incident at about 1:30 a.m. on the 19th, and then confirmed that all four people on board were killed.

Police said the four were all American nationals.

  According to the report, the crashed U.S. military plane was participating in a NATO military exercise code-named "Cold Response" in Norway. About 30,000 soldiers, about 220 aircraft and about 50 ships from NATO countries participated in the exercise.

  Earlier, the Norwegian emergency services said on the 18th local time that a U.S. military aircraft V-22 "Osprey" tilt-rotor crashed in northern Norway on the evening of the same day.