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Savannah Meacham

Engine failure risk warning before fatal chopper crash

Four ADF members died when their helicopter crashed during a training exercise. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

The risk of engine failure in the MRH-90 Taipan army helicopter had been known to air crew months before a fatal crash off Queensland's coast, an inquiry has been told.

Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent, Warrant Officer Class Two Joseph Laycock and Corporal Alexander Naggs were killed when their MRH-90 Taipan plunged into the sea off Queensland's Lindeman Island on July 28, 2023.

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