Helicopter Crash Halts Australia-US ‘Talisman Sabre’ Military Drill, Four Missing

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Australia paused a major military exercise with the United States on Saturday, after a defence helicopter taking part in the drills crashed into the Pacific leaving four aircrew missing. Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles said the MRH-90 Taipan went down late Friday night in sub-tropical waters near Hamilton Island, Queensland. It had been taking part in the vast Talisman Sabre exercise, which features 30,000 military personnel from Australia, the United States and several other nations. “As we speak to you now, the four aircrew are yet to be found" Marles said after a nearly overnight search, which is set to...