NSW: Navy grounds all Sea King choppers = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
04-04-2005
NSW: Navy grounds all Sea King choppers = 2

Six navy and three air force personnel died on Nias island when their Sea King chopper
crashed during an aid mission.

The Australian Defence Association has questioned the government's decision to continue
using the choppers when other nations are retiring them.

But Prime Minister JOHN HOWARD has defended the decision to keep the ageing fleet in
the air, saying other countries are still using Sea Kings just as old -- and in some cases
older.

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KEYWORD: CHOPPER GROUNDED 2 SYDNEY (REOPENS)

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