CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian army will never again fly its fleet of MRH-90 Taipan helicopters following a crash in July that killed four soldiers, the defense minister said Friday. Australia’s fleet of more than 40 European-designed Taipans has been grounded since July 28 when one crashed into the Pacific Ocean during a nighttime training operation in the Whitsunday Islands off the northeast Australian coast. Defense Minister Richar…

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Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles says the army will never again fly its fleet of MRH-90 Taipan helicopters following a crash in July that killed four soldiers. Australia’s fleet of more than 40 Taipans has been grounded since July 28 when one crashed into the Pacific Ocean during a nighttime training operation off the northeast Australian coast. Marles told Nine Network televis…

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[Epoch Times, September 29, 2023] (Report edited by Epoch Times, Tenri, Sydney, Australia) On September 29, Australian Defense Secretary Richard Marles (Richard Marles) announced that the National Defense Force will no longer use Taipan helicopters. This means that the MRH-90 Taipan helicopter will be retired more than a year ahead of schedule. In July of this year, a Taipan helicopter crashed during military exercises off the coast of Kunzhou, …

【大紀元2023年09月29日訊】（大紀元記者天睿澳洲悉尼編譯報導）9月29日，澳洲國防部長馬爾斯（Richard Marles）宣布，國防軍不會再啟用大班直升機。這意味著MRH-90大班直升機將比原計劃提前一年多退役。 今年7月，一架大班直升機在昆州海岸附近進行軍事演習時墜毀，導致機上4人死亡。這些直升機原定於2024年12月退役。 馬爾斯對9號台說，事故調查需要一年，在這期間，大班直升機無法投入使用，因此，再度啟用大班直升機就顯得沒有必要，目前重要的是儘快向黑鷹直升機過渡。 大班直升機墜毀後，聯邦政府一直在設法加快40架黑鷹直升機的部署，其中第一架已經抵達澳洲。 反對黨批評政府淘汰大班直升機的進程太慢。 國家黨議員喬易斯（Barnaby Joyce）對天空新聞說，政府部署黑鷹直升機的進展過慢。「我們看到的是國防力量的整體削弱……事實上，沒有在國防上增加任何新的資金，而現在作為核心力量的大班直升機已經全部停飛。」 「我們真的必須加強國防，因為我們的國家必須儘快變得儘可能強大，時不時隔…

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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- The Australian army will never again fly its fleet of MRH-90 Taipan helicopters following a crash in July that killed four soldiers, the defense minister said Friday.

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Australia's fleet of more than 40 Taipans has been grounded since July 28. One crashed into the Pacific Ocean during a nighttime training operation off the northeast Australian coast. Defense Minister Richard Marles says Australia needs to replace the Airbus-manufactured fleet with 40 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters.

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