Concerns were flagged about a helmet used by MRH-90 Taipan pilots the night of a fatal crash after a test found a software upgrade posed an “unacceptable” risk, an inquiry has been told.
Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent, Warrant Officer Class Two Joseph Laycock and Corporal Alexander Naggs were killed when their chopper crashed off the north Queensland coast in July 2023 during Exercise Talisman Sabre.The disaster led to the early retirement of the Taipans last year, their service already tarnished with fleet-wide groundings and serious incidents.
“I was gonna have to fly that thing for real at night over water in a degraded visual environment, I was happy to do that,” he said.
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