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Savannah Meacham

Tired helicopter crews 'didn't want' to let team down

Hearings continue into the crash of a MRH-90 Taipan helicopter that killed four Australian soldiers. (Russell Freeman/AAP PHOTOS)

Army aircrew felt pressure to continue on missions even when fatigued because they didn't want to let down the team, an inquiry has been told.

D11 - a pseudonym for a senior aircrewman - was in an MRH-90 helicopter during a training exercise sortie when another Taipan chopper crashed into water off Lindeman Island near the Queensland coast in July 2023.

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