with armed personnel from around one dozen countries. mostly in northern australia. now, the helicopter came down in the whitsundays near hamilton island a popular tourist destination in eastern australia, but now it is the scene of an exhaustive search and rescue mission to try to find those missing for aircrew. and how is it affecting the talks between antony blinken and lloyd austin and their australian counterparts? well, certainly. australian counterparts? well, certainly. it australian counterparts? well, certainly, it would australian counterparts? well, certainly, it would have - australian counterparts? well, certainly, it would have cast i australian counterparts? well, certainly, it would have cast a| certainly, it would have cast a very ominous shadow over the 0smond talks as they are known. they are talks between senior australian and us officials in brisbane ausmin. 0peration talisman sabre was suspended because of the accident and going back to those talks in b
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