Helicopter crash Jervis Bay

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Jervis Bay

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Ten soldiers plucked from sea after army helicopter crash near ... (The Guardian)

Two of the Taipan helicopter crew suffered minor injuries in crash off NSW during a counter-terror exercise.

Marles said the fact that the 10 crew aboard, a mixture of army and navy special forces, were “able to walk away… It was so surreal.” “They had boats coming in and they had this really big navy ship coming in so they were really quick to the scene and everything but yeah, crazy. “They had a couple of boats out there and then they had two choppers and one was going low and high and low and then like at one point, one of the helicopters, you could hear the rotors were slowing right down. At the end of 2021 the then-defence minister, Peter Dutton, said the Taipans had been found to be “unreliable” and [announced plans to bring forward their retirement](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/dec/10/australia-to-dump-taipan-helicopters-and-buy-black-hawks-from-us-amid-china-fears) and buy up to 40 Black Hawks from the US.

ADF to investigate after helicopter ditched near Jervis Bay in ... (ABC News)

Personnel on board an Australian Army MRH-90 Taipan multi-role helicopter are rescued from the water after a helicopter is ditched in Jervis Bay.

"We should be thankful for the professionalism of the men and women of our Defence Force. The Royal Military College at Duntroon had been carrying out military training around Jervis Bay for the past two weeks, and Mr Marles said that elite personnel were on board the helicopter when it crashed. This thing has been beached.'" "Further to that there is an engineering assessment being undertaken that will both look at the environmental aspects and the recovery of the aircraft." "It's important we ensure that we refrain from speculations and focus on supporting the team that is going to undertake the investigation and point us into the direction to ensure that we can safely operate this aircraft system into the future," he said. "At this time defence's priority is supporting the ADF members involved in the incident and their families," the department said. The training activity has been temporarily paused as a precaution and the MRH-90 Taipan fleet will be grounded while the cause of the incident is investigated, defence said in a statement. Witnesses reportedly heard a "big flash, a big bang, and a bit of fire on top of the chopper" before the helicopter ditched. In this instance, they responded to a pretty terrifying situation and in the midst of a crisis managed to act in a way which has kept everyone alive." "That represents an incredible achievement on the part of the crew — this was a textbook response to a loss of power." The Chief of Army Lieutenant General Simon Stuart said the incident had the potential to end in "tragedy". - The training is on pause and the fleet is grounded while the cause is investigated

Helicopter crash off Jervis Bay coast (2GB)

NSW Ambulance have confirmed that nine patients were onboard, escaping with very minor injuries. No ambulance was required. Caller Michael told John Stanley he ...

Defence can confirm a helicopter incident occurred near Jervis Bay, New South Wales on the evening of 22 March 2023. The Department of Defence issued this statement early on Thursday morning: ACT Policing have confirmed that they’re working with Defence on an incident at Jervis Bay south of Sydney.

'It was crazy': Navy helicopter with 10 on board crashes off Jervis Bay (9News)

ACT Police and rescue helicopters were helping the Australian Defence Force respond to the incident about 9.10pm on Wednesday. The ADF said all 10 personnel on ...

It was so surreal." "At this time Defence's priority is supporting the ADF members involved in the incident and their families," they said. "They had boats coming in and they had this really big Navy ship coming in so they were really quick to the scene and everything but yeah, crazy. "And then they revved up, and then there's this big explosion on the top of the rotors and then it just went bang, ditched in the water." "And then all of a sudden everything just like, all hell broke loose and they had choppers flying in, they had two or three other choppers flying in," he said. "They had a couple of boats out there and then they had two choppers and one was going low and high and low and then like at one point, one of the helicopters, you could hear the rotors were slowing right down.

Defence Force helicopter crashes into Jervis Bay during counter ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

An Australian Army helicopter has crashed into Jervis Bay on the NSW South Coast during a late-night counter-terrorism training exercise, the Australian ...

in really a textbook fashion and were able to ditch the helicopter in Jervis Bay itself,” he said. [Olivia Ireland](/by/olivia-ireland-p536pn)is a breaking news reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.Connect via this is a helicopter that we are going to be replacing with Black Hawks,” Marles told Today. In 2020, more than half the helicopters were grounded after cabin sliding door rails were deemed unserviceable. “And then all of a sudden ... It was so surreal.”

Chopper fleet grounded after beach crash (NEWS.com.au)

An ADF helicopter that crashed on a beach during a “routine” counter-terrorism exercise is one of numerous helicopters of the same model that have been ...

The Australian Defence Force said that as a precaution the training activity has been temporarily paused and the MRH-90 Taipan fleet grounded while the cause of the incident is investigated. The defence force has temporarily paused training activity and grounded the MRH-90 Taipan fleet while the cause of the crash is investigated by the Defence Flight Safety Bureau. An investigation is underway into the safety of a defence helicopter model after one crashed overnight on a NSW beach.

Defence Force helicopter crashes into Jervis Bay during ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

All 10 Defence personnel on board have been accounted for but two suffered minor injuries on Wednesday night.

'Big explosion': Navy helicopter crashes off Jervis Bay (Sky News Australia)

Two defence personnel were injured overnight in a chopper crash off the NSW south coast during counter terrorism training.

"And then they revved up, and then there's this big explosion on the top of the rotors and then it just went bang, ditched in the water." "They had a couple of boats out there and then they had two choppers and one was going low and high and low and then like at one point, one of the helicopters, you could hear the rotors were slowing right down,” Michael told Nine News. "We will conduct a thorough investigation into this incident to determine the cause and ensure the platform remains safe to operate."

Special Forces helicopter crash in Jervis Bay - CONTACT magazine (CONTACT magazine)

An Australian Army MRH-90 Taipan multi-role helicopter has ditched into the water in the vicinity of Jervis Bay, NSW during an anti-terrorism training ...

CAPTION: Photo of the ditched aircraft supported by flotation devices on a beach. From the orientation of the aircraft, CONTACT speculates the aircraft was towed here from deeper water – pointing to a tragedy narrowly averted, thanks to some classy piloting. In the wake of this incident and as a precaution, Defence has paused the special-forces training activity and grounded the MRH-90 Taipan fleet while the cause of the accident is investigated. “We will conduct a thorough investigation into this incident to determine the cause and ensure the platform remains safe to operate,” Lieutenant General Stuart said. Defence says all 10 Australian Defence Force personnel on board the aircraft have been recovered and accounted for and are being assessed by medical personnel at HMAS Creswell, south of Nowra, NSW. An Australian Army MRH-90 Taipan multi-role helicopter has ditched into the water in the vicinity of Jervis Bay, NSW during an anti-terrorism training exercise.

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