A broken engine component has been identified as the 'primary' cause of an Army helicopter accident in March, but investigators are still working to determine the precise reasons for a crash that killed four soldiers off the Queensland coast several months later.
A watch and act warning is in place for Cypress Gardens and Millmerran Downs in Queensland. It is not safe to return. Keep up to date withA broken engine component has been identified as the "primary" cause of an Army helicopter accident in March, but investigators are still working to determine the precise reasons for a crash that killed four soldiers off the Queensland coast several months later.
"This was a known failure condition that had been previously identified to us as early as 2012, with a modification proposed to us by the original equipment manufacturer," a source familiar with the investigation said. Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent, Warrant Officer Class 2 Joseph Laycock, Corporal Alexander Naggs and Captain Dan Lyon
A more comprehensive report is not expected to be completed until mid-next year at the earliest, but other nations that fly the MRH-90 were last month briefed by the Australian Army on the preliminary findings into the Whitsundays incident. 'I thought I was going to burn': Kings Park closed to public as firefighters battle 'suspicious' bushfires
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