SYDNEY: Australia's military will ground its fleet of MRH-90 Taipan helicopters after a crash during multinational military exercises that left four crew members missing, the army chief said on Sunday (Jul 30). The helicopter
SYDNEY: Australia's military will ground its fleet of MRH-90 Taipan helicopters after a crash during multinational military exercises that left four crew members missing, the army chief said on Sunday .crashed into waters near the Whitsunday Islands off Australia's subtropical northeast late on Friday
"We are not flying the MRH-90 today and won't until we think it is safe to do so," Stuart told reporters in Sydney. Stuart said the current aim was to keep the Taipans in service until 2024 but"what happens between now and then, from what we learn from this incident, is yet to be determined". Specialist divers have joined the hundreds-strong search for the missing pilot and three other crew, officials said.
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