4 Missing after Australian Army helicopter ditches off Queensland Coast

[Greg Boeser]

4 Air Crew Members Are Missing After an Australian Army Helicopter Ditched off the Queensland Coast

A search involving U.S., Canadian and Australian personnel was underway to find the crew who are all Australian men.

www.military.com

 

[GTX]

Some more information here:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-29/qld-adf-chopper-crash-in-whitsundays/102663620

and here:

https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/releases/2023-07-29/exercise-talisman-sabre-incident

From what I understand, it could have been a lot worse as they'd just dropped off soldiers from 2nd Commando Regiment.

 

[Greg Boeser]

Some more information here:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-29/qld-adf-chopper-crash-in-whitsundays/102663620

and here:

https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/releases/2023-07-29/exercise-talisman-sabre-incident

From what I understand, it could have been a lot worse as they'd just dropped off soldiers from 2nd Commando Regiment.

Every parent with kids in the service dread these reports.

 

[GTX]

Every parent with kids in the service dread these reports.

Indeed. I remember the 2005 Nias Island Sea King crash of a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Sea King helicopter that includes someone I went through officer training with: FLTLT Lynne Rowbottom.

 

[Wildcat]

Indeed. I remember the 2005 Nias Island Sea King crash of a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Sea King helicopter that includes someone I went through officer training with: FLTLT Lynne Rowbottom.

This accident got me thinking last night of the handful of people I knew who died while serving in the Army - all in training and suicide. I also once flew in a Sea King (Shark 07) with Lt Paul Kimlin in the Persian Gulf, he was the pilot lost at Nias

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

It goes to show that serving one's country, even in peacetime, can carry mortal risk.

'Tis my hope that the missing are found safe and sound, and if not, that their sacrifice too is regarded as giving one's life for one's country.

 

[manta22]

It goes to show that serving one's country, even in peacetime, can carry mortal risk.

'Tis my hope that the missing are found safe and sound, and if not, that their sacrifice too is regarded as giving one's life for one's country.

Operational accidents are not a trivial concern in the military. We worked with dangerous stuff- stuff designed to kill.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Operational accidents are not a trivial concern in the military. We worked with dangerous stuff- stuff designed to kill.

Yep. Working on a flight-line, or a firing-line, and many other places (fishing boat, oil rig, and so on), will teach a person discipline. I've seen three deaths in training, none in a working fire, and of course (because I wasn't a combat troop) none there.

 

[Wayne Little]

Tonight's news has not provided anything positive , sadly.

 

[GTX]

Four missing defence aviators identified after Taipan helicopter crash off Queensland coast

Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent, Warrant Officer Class Two Joseph Laycock and Corporal Alexander Naggs were on board the MRH90 helicopter that ditched into the ocean during a training exercise as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre.

www.abc.net.au