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Saturday, December 03, 2005

Navy report foretold Sea King accident
An Australian Navy report sent anonymously to the inquiry of the Sea King crash in Indonesia said the helicopter squadron had insufficient staff and assets and was headed for 'an accident'.

The document, written last year, about three months before Sea King Shark 02 crashed on the Indonesian island of Nias, killing nine personnel, says that there is an 'embedded culture of shortcuts and workarounds' in maintenance.

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