PM offers condolences to chopper crash victims' families as search intensifies

Albanese offered his condolences to the families of the victims, who he said were trying to "build a more peaceful and safe world" during the failed operation."On behalf of our nation, our thoughts and prayers are with the families, friends and colleagues of those who are missing.

The crash marks one of Australia's worst peacetime military disasters in almost 20 years, and came as the aircraft was being phased out of military use."So there's not much fresh news at hand unfortunately," he told"And that's a really bad indicator for the fact that we're probably looking at not being able to recover anybody alive."Former Australian Army Colonel Professor John Blaxland said he has grave fears for those onboard.

"It is an army roll helicopter widely used in our defence force and sadly they have a very spotty record when it comes to being able to stay in the sky. "What we wanted in Australia was a slightly bespoke version, slightly modified. We needed it to do things that the original design wasn't capable of.Pieces of debris wrapped in plastic and wreckage have been hauled from the water off Lindeman Island.Debris from the MRH90 Taipan was seen being hauled from the water off Lindeman Island yesterday afternoon.

"It is the defence's priority to look after those families, their members, their teammates and those that know them," Hill said."Our thoughts, and mine in particular, are with the missing servicemen, their teammates and their families, and especially the search and rescue teams.Governor-General David Hurley said he had spent time with some of the army members on the training exercise after the crash, extending his thoughts also to the loved ones of the missing personnel.

Defense chief Angus Campbell said their focus was on finding their people, supporting the families and the rest of their team.

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