Australian Army will replace Taipan helicopters with Black Hawks

CANBERRA, Australia: Defense Minister Richard Marles told Nine Network television on September 29 that after a crash in July that killed four soldiers, the Australian Army would stop flying its fleet of 40 MRH-90 Taipan helicopters.

The European-designed Taipans were grounded on July 28 after one crashed into the Pacific Ocean during a night training operation in the Whitsunday Islands off the northeast Australi