Australian military helicopter crash: PM pays tribute as navy divers join search for missing crew
by Australian Associated Press from on (#6DCXD)
Taipan helicopter was taking part in joint military training Talisman Sabre when it crashed in waters off Queensland's Whitsunday Islands on Friday night
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Prime minister Anthony Albanese has paid tribute to Australia's defence force personnel as the search for a missing aircrew off the coast of Queensland continues.
Albanese said the nation was thinking of the four families of the missing aircrew of the MRH-90 helicopter, which crashed about 10.30pm on Friday while taking part in a joint military training as a part of exercise Talisman Sabre.
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