Navy Divers Join Search for Australian Defence Helicopter and Crew

A supplied image obtained on July 29, 2023, of an Australian Army MRH-90 Taipan helicopter conducting flying serials during the ship’s transit to Vanuatu, July 23, 2020. AAP Image/Supplied by The Australian Defence Force

The search has resumed for the crew of an Australian army Taipan helicopter that went down in waters off Queensland’s Whitsunday Islands with four people on board.

The MRH-90 helicopter was conducting joint military training as a part of Exercise Talisman Sabre when it crashed near Hamilton Island at about 10:30 p.m. on Friday.