Safety test found upgrade used in crash 'unacceptable' 29 Apr 2024
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/austr...le/ar-AA1nPZsu
"Concerns were flagged about a helmet used by MRH-90 Taipan pilots the night of a fatal crash after a test found a software upgrade for the equipment posed an "unacceptable" risk, an inquiry has been told....
...Hearings for the inquiry into the crash resumed on Monday.
Captain Andrew Balaam, a MRH-90 pilot posted to the School of Army Aviation, said a test of the latest software upgrade V5.10 for the TopOwl helmet worn by the pilots found an "unacceptable" risk.
But the captain said he was happy to use the helmet because the report deeming the upgrade "unacceptable" appeared to be "a bit of an outlier" as it had passed tests with the original equipment manufacturer and had been used by European militaries.
"I was gonna have to fly that thing for real at night over water in a degraded visual environment, I was happy to do that," he said...." [best read it all at the source]