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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Human remains found in search for Australian army helicopter that crashed at sea with four crew aboard

ADF via AP

The search for an Australian army helicopter that crashed at sea killing four people during a military exercise with the United States last week found human remains but not the black box crucial to explaining the tragedy, an officer said on Thursday.

Retrieving the bodies of the four aircrew and the black box flight data recorder have been the main priorities since an MRH-90 Taipan helicopter crashed on July 28 during a nighttime operation in the Whitsunday Islands off the northeast Australian coast.

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