The Chief of army says there are no plans to bring forward the retirement of Australia's troubled Taipan helicopter fleet despite an emergency last month involving a "frightening" engine failure.
During a night-time training exercise on March 28, one of the army's MRH-90s was forced to ditch into the sea at Jervis Bay, prompting the Australian Defence Force to temporarily ground the European-designed aircraft.
Several military insiders have since come forward to claim the ADF failed to install crucial software upgrades on all 47 of Australia's Taipans despite warnings that the IT fix developed a decade ago could prevent possible engine failures.
