One dead, one missing in Black Hawk crash off
Fiji
...Ten personnel were on board the helicopter at the time; one
is still missing, and one died of his injuries after the
crash.
Air Chief Marshal Houston says the other eight crew members were
rescued, and seven of those are injured......
In 1996, 18 soldiers were killed when two Black Hawks collided near
Townsville and last year nine members of the Defence Force died
when a navy Sea King helicopter crashed on the Island of
Nias.
Six Army personnel were injured in February 2004, when their Black
Hawk crashed during an exercise in south-east Queensland....
2.Why so many accidients??
3.Black Hawk down: soldier killed, SAS man
missing
4.Fifteen soldiers of the Special Air Service Regiment
based in Perth and three army aviators died on the night of June
12, 1996, when the Black Hawks, flying in close
formation at night in a group of six, veered into each other,
crashed and burned. They had been involved in a mock rescue of
hostages.
