Military personnel and sheriff's deputies are searching a remote area of North Carolina for a US Marine who is believed to have fallen from an aircraft.
The Marine fell from an Osprey aircraft, which can take off like a helicopter and fly like an airplane, near White Lake, in the eastern part of the state on Monday.
It is not clear what caused the unnamed serviceman to fall.
The aircraft was based Marine Corps Air Station New River, about 45 miles away from where the Marine went missing.
WITN quoted Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point spokesman Mike Barton as saying: "While the cause of the mishap is under investigation, our first priority is to locate our missing comrade.
"We ask that everyone keeps this Marine in their prayers and that you do nothing to hinder the efforts of the authorities involved in the search."
The Osprey is a multi-mission aircraft that has been used both in relief efforts, such as in the Philippines in the wake of a devastating typhoon, and in combat operations.
Former Marine Lance Corporal Dustin Pennycuff tells Sky News that personnel aboard Ospreys would typically be strapped in while the aircraft's rotors were tilted forward.
He said Marines would remove the straps as the rotors tilted skyward for hovering during tactical insurgency exercises.
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