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Old 13th Aug 2023, 06:56
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Australian Aviation magazine reports that RNZAF had put a pause on their NH90 operations after the loss of the Australian Army MRH-90, A40-040, but have since removed that restriction again based on a risk assessment:

https://australianaviation.com.au/20...ops-head-home/

This makes me wonder what insights have been shared with the RNZAF by the ADF since the accident?

There is also this earlier ABC News item titled: "Army's first new Black Hawks arrive as 'secretive' Taipan crash investigation continues":

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-...nues/102695564

The tail end of the article by Andrew Greene has:
A military insider with knowledge of the investigation process claims information about last month's crash is being closely guarded with a "significant level of secrecy" hanging over the safety findings so far.
"The usual open and transparent behaviour of dealing with safety in general, let alone incidents is noticeably reduced," the army figure told the ABC, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
Lets hope early findings will / are at least being shared with other NH90 operators (if it believed to be any type specific issue), even if not the general public.

Separately, sticking with topic of public reporting, I don't recall hearing the findings into the cause of the loss of the first MH-60R of the RAN back in October 2021:

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/fede...14-p58zyw.html

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/268515



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