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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Australian defense minister says army will stop flying European-designed Taipan helicopters

© Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Defence

The Australian army will never again fly its fleet of MRH-90 Taipan helicopters following a crash in July that killed four soldiers, the defense minister said Friday.

Australia’s fleet of more than 40 European-designed Taipans has been grounded since July 28 when one crashed into the Pacific Ocean during a nighttime training operation in the Whitsunday Islands off the northeast Australian coast.

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