Australian army helicopter crash: hope of finding crew alive ‘lost’ after ‘catastrophic incident’, Richard Marles says

Defence minister tells reporters that a thorough investigation will be carried out after Taipan MRH-90 crash during training exercise in Queensland

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The defence minister, Richard Marles, says authorities have lost hope of finding alive the four missing crew members of an Australian defence force helicopter involved in a catastrophic" crash during a training exercise on Friday night.

Marles promised a thorough investigation into the incident, while the chief of the Australian defence force, Gen Angus Campbell, promised that the recovery operation would seek to recover the bodies.

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