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Hi-tech visor concerns ahead of fatal Taipan helicopter crash ignored, inquiry hears

An Army test pilot who red-flagged hi-tech helmet-mounted visors used in last…
Troop Commander Captain Dan Lyon  (pictured) was one of the four men killed in the tragic helicopter crash during Exercise Talisman Sabre

Decorated army pilot Captain Danniel Lyon tragically killed with three of his crew in MRH-90 Taipan crash warned Defence someone would die in the chopper

Decorated army pilot Captain Danniel Lyon warned his colleagues someone would die…

Defence force Taipan helicopters involved in fatal crash retired early

Defence Minister Richard Marles announced today the armed forces’ fleet of MRH-90…
Searchers find black box of Australian army Taipan helicopter that crashed with the loss of 4 lives

Searchers find black box of Australian army Taipan helicopter that crashed with the loss of 4 lives

Divers have recovered the flight data recorder from an Australia army helicopter…
An MRH-90 Taipan carrying four people crashed in the Whitsundays on Friday night following 13 years of difficulties with the aircraft (pictured, an MRH-90 Taipan)

Queensland army helicopter crash: Debris found in water after ADF chopper crashed near Hamilton Island as the troubled history of the MRH-90 Taipan helicopter is revealed

The worrying history of the helicopter involved in a crash that possibly…