From the Archives, 2005: Navy helicopter crash kills nine soldiers
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By Connie Levett and Rob Taylor
April 1, 2021 — 12.30pm
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9 dead in navy crash
· QUAKE RELIEF MISSION ENDS IN TRAGEDY · TWO AUSTRALIANS SURVIVE
NINE Australian service personnel were killed yesterday when a Navy helicopter crashed in Indonesia during earthquake relief operations.
The crash site of the navy helicopter disaster
Credit:DEFENCE DEPARTMENT
The nine Australians - seven men and two women - died when a Navy Sea King chopper attached to HMAS Kanimbla went down on Nias Island, off the west coast of Sumatra, at about 7.30pm Melbourne time.