Six navy, three air force staff die
April 03, 2005
From: AAP
DEFENCE Force Chief Peter Cosgrove today confirmed that nine Australian military personnel, comprising six from the navy and three from the air force, had died in the Kanimbla helicopter crash.
Lieutenant General Cosgrove also confirmed at a press conference the dead were seven men and two women.
Four were air crew and the rest were medical relief specialists, he said.
He said early media reports of an army person being among the casualty list were incorrect.
The HMAS Kanimbla helicopter was on an earthquake relief mission to Nias, Indonesia, when it crashed yesterday.
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