the four people who were on board this australian army helicopter when it ditched into the sea. it was taking part in night time manoeuvres when a second aircraft of the queensland coast, and it is part of talisman sabre, this massive military operation of war drills involving australian and united states troops, along with military personnel from a dozen other countries, involving military personnel. the investigation is now ongoing, and the search for those missing aircrew will now also continue over the weekend. studio: and re mentioned this comes as antony blinken and lloyd austin meet their counterparts, penny wong and richard morris. what were they talking about? the and richard morris. what were they talking about? talking about? the helicopter crashes certainly talking about? the helicopter crashes certainly cast - talking about? the helicopter crashes certainly cast a - talking about? the helicopter i crashes certainly cast a shadow talking about? the helicopter - crashes c
about? the helicopter crash has - certainly cast a very ominous shadow over these ministerial talks between senior members of the australian government and the us administration. the us secretary of state antony blinken saying that his heart was full of sadness over what had happened off the queensland coast. they have held these talks in the queensland state capital brisbane, china s ambitions and china s growing assertiveness in the indo pacific region have been a key focus of these ministerial talks, along with climate change. the aukus deal is a security alliance between australia, the us and united kingdom, and as you say, eventually that will the transfer of us nuclear powered submarine technology to australia, so a very full agenda. but a meeting overshadowed by the tragedy of the crashing australian army helicopter off the coast of
the helicopter came down in an area near to where us and australian soldiers have been taking part injoint military exercises. police in australia have said they ve recovered debris from the helicopter. this crash comes as us?secretary of state antony blinken and the defense?secretary lloyd austin are meeting their australian counterparts in brisbane. they re holding talks on the aukus defence agreement, which will see the us supply nuclear submarine technology to australia. our correspondent, phil mercer, has the latest from sydney. the wreckage of the helicopter has been discovered, in usually a very popular tourist area. the wreckage was found near hamilton island, north of brisbane. what happens next is that navy divers will tomorrow, sunday, and begin to scour the sea
these ministerial talks between members of the australian government and the us administration. us secretary of state antony blinken seeing his heart was full of sadness over what had happened off the queensland coast. they have held these talks in the queensland state capital, brisbane. china s ambitions and china s growing assertiveness in the indo pacific region have been a key focus of these ministerial talks, along with climate change, and the aukus agreement, the aukus deal is a security and entrance between the united states, australia and the united kingdom. that will see the transfer of us nuclear powered submarine technology to australia, so a very full agenda, but a meeting overshadowed by the tragedy of the crashing australian army helicopter off the coast of
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