Deadly US helicopter incident from five years ago reveals now VIDEO

Dramatic footage has emerged of a deadly US military accident in which a state-of-the-art hybrid aircraft crashed into the side of a warship five years ago.

Three marines died and 23 narrowly escaped drowning when the MV-22 Osprey veered into the US Green Bay while trying to land on its deck off the coast of Australia in August 2017, according to Metro. 

The clip, which surfaced on Saturday, shows the aircraft hovering toward the deck before suddenly veering to one side and hitting the ship.

Air traffic controllers are seen sprinting away as a spinning rotor blade careers towards them before the person filming them ducks for cover.

Officials say the collision crushed the cockpit, breaking the pilot’s hip and leg and piercing the hull, causing it to sink after it fell 30 feet into the water.

Rescuers fished out most of the 26 servicemen onboard for military exercises after they escaped the sinking wreck, including the pilot.

But his co-pilot, First Lieutenant Benjamin Cross, 26, and two others, Corporal Nathaniel Ordway, 21, and Private Ruben Velasco, 19, could not be found after a 12-hour search.

A Pentagon investigation found no individual personnel were at fault for the incident, although it said the Osprey was likely carrying too much weight.