“It’s always tough when you have accidents in training, but … the reason that we train to such high standards is so that we can be successful and we can protect lives when we are called to answer any kind of crisis,” Austin said. Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid tribute to the missing air crew at the outset of a meeting with their Australian counterparts, Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was in Brisbane for a meeting on Saturday and is due to travel with Marles to north Queensland on Sunday to see the exercise.Īustin and U.S. All 10 passengers and crew members were rescued.
That helicopter was taking part in a nighttime counterterrorism training exercise when it ran into trouble. It was the second emergency involving an Australian Taipan this year, after one ditched into the sea off the New South Wales state coast in March.
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