Captain Danniel Lyon's wife tells an inquiry into last year's fatal Taipan crash she believes it was cruel to give families hope amid the search effort.
The widow of Captain Danniel Lyon, who died in a Taipan helicopter crash last year, has told an inquiry he felt there was a "growing frustration" that capability was being prioritised over safety.
Ms Lyon told the inquiry that Captain Lyon felt there was a "growing frustration amongst the aircrew that capability was being prioritised over the safety of the air crew" once the fleet was allowed to fly again. "I was concerned things were being rushed at the last minute and I did not believe that the job should be rushed," Ms Lyon said.The independent inquiry is examining the circumstances leading up to the crash that claimed the lives of four army personnel in July 2023.She said in the days leading up to the fatal crash her late husband spoke of being tired as he was having trouble getting his body clock into "night flight mode".
"Because people had not been sleeping, she wanted her team to catch up before a serious mission the next night." While all along she claims defence chiefs knew it was a "catastrophic impact " and there were no survivors."It was very, very cruel to let me and Noah and my family believe they would find him and bring him home.
But it never happened because the social worker was ringing her dead husband's mobile phone, instead of hers.
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