An unbiased inquiry right into a horror crash of a Taipan military helicopter off the coast of Queensland that killed 4 defence personnel is beginning on Tuesday in Brisbane.
The MRH-90 Taipan helicopter crashed close to Lindeman Island close to the Whitsundays throughout an evening coaching train on July 28 final 12 months, killing all 4 troopers on-board.
They had been Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent, Warrant Officer Class 2 Joseph Laycock and Corporal Alexander Naggs.
The Inspector-Normal of the Australian Defence Power (ADF) has appointed former choose Margaret McMurdo to steer the unbiased inquiry into the lethal coaching accident.
Choose McMurdo shall be supported by Air Vice-Marshal Joe Iervasi and Colonel Jens Streit as the general public listening to begins within the Brisbane Conference Centre on Tuesday.
The MRH-90 Taipan helicopter was getting used for nocturnal coaching as part of Train Talisman Sabre earlier than it crashed.
Tons of of ADF and emergency service personnel spent three months looking out the waters across the Whitsunday Coast for the helicopter.
The restoration mission for the helicopter led to November final 12 months.
In an announcement launched on November 9, the ADF mentioned “all sensible wreckage and remnants” from the helicopter had been recovered.
The MRH-90 Taipans, which had been resulting from be withdrawn by the Albanese authorities in December 2024, had been grounded final September after the surprising crash.
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