Black box found in Taipan military helicopter crash

The black box found on Monday holds key voice and flight data that may shed light on what caused the helicopter to go down. 

The Australian Defence Force chief of joint operations Lieutenant General Greg Bilton has said all communications were normal before the helicopter hit the water.

The defence department said recovering the wreckage remained complicated and difficult and its priority was to return the soldiers' remains to their families. 

The Queensland coroner has released recovered wreckage, including the black box, to the defence department to support the investigation by the Defence Flight Safety Bureau.

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