A US military aircraft with four people onboard has crashed in northern Norway, said local police and the country's Joint Rescue Coordination Centres (JRCC) yesterday.

The MV-22B Osprey aircraft belonging to the US Marine Corps was taking part in a Nato military exercise called Cold Response when it was reported missing at 1826 CET (1726 GMT), the JRCC said.

A rescue helicopter and a Norwegian military Orion plane searching the area...