Families of fallen airmen urge ADF to 'do better' as Taipan inquiry ends

'Unimaginable grief' as army chopper crash inquiry ends

The families of four air crew killed in an army helicopter crash have broken down at an inquiry,...

Families of fallen airmen urge ADF to 'do better' as Taipan inquiry ends

Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent, Warrant Officer Class 2 Joseph Laycock and Corporal Alexander Naggs died when their MRH-90 Taipan helicopter ditched into the ocean off the Queensland coast in 2023.

‘Unimaginable grief’ as army chopper crash inquiry ends

The heartbreaking impact of a fatal army helicopter crash has been revealed as a mammoth inquiry into the tragedy finally finished. Family members of four air crew killed in the 2023 incident broke down before consoling each other in Brisbane on Friday after describing their “unimaginable grief”. One family spoke of losing faith in the Australian Defence Force over the incident while tears flowed as a victim’s wife described her husband’s death …