Cyclone Crash Caused by ‘Conflict’ Between Pilot, Helicopter: DND

Cyclone Crash Caused by ‘Conflict’ Between Pilot, Helicopter: DND
CF members and EDT Hercules personnel inspect recovered parts of the helicopter Stalker 22 during recovery operations for the aircraft in the Mediterranean Sea on May 31, 2020. Cdr Robert Watt/THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Department of National Defence
The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—Senior military officials have revealed there was a “conflict” or “competition between a Cyclone helicopter and its pilot moments before the aircraft known as Stalker 22 plunged into the water off the coast of Greece in April.

The revelation came Tuesday as the Royal Canadian Air Force announced it was lifting an “operational pause” imposed on the rest of the military’s Cyclone fleet after the crash, even though the reasons for that conflict remain under investigation.