CHOPPER DID NOT RESPOND AS EXPECTED BEFORE CRASH

Flight investigators have determined the military helicopter that crashed off the coast of Greece in April did not respond as the crew on board expected before going down. The finding was in a preliminary investigation report published Monday by the RCAF, which did not provide a definitive answer for what caused the April 29 crash. The report instead says investigators will now focus on both the

Cyclone helicopter’s systems and what role “human factors” played. Six members of the Canadian Armed Forces were on board when the Cyclone helicopter went down while deployed with the HMCS Fredericton. All of them were killed. After the crash, the Air Force grounded the rest of the military’s 17 Cyclone helicopters, and that “operational pause” will continue.