Taipan inquiry hears aircrewman saw the lights of soldiers' life vests in the water after fatal crash

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Taipan inquiry hears aircrewman saw the lights of soldiers' life vests in the water after fatal crash
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Four crewmen died in the crash in north Queensland in July last year. A sixth round of hearings into what happened is in Brisbane this week.

A senior crewman flying behind an army helicopter when it crashed off the Queensland coast has described it breaking apart as his team searched for survivors.

An Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force inquiry into the crash is holding its sixth round of hearings in Brisbane this week.D11 said he didn't realise what had happened till he heard it on the radio. A helicopter flares when it pulls its nose up to reduce speed, a manoeuvre that D11 said he did not find unusual on a mission.

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