Crashed helicopter had 1970s airframe

By Rory Callinan
Updated September 11 2012 - 9:08am, first published 8:13am
The funeral service for Lieutenant Marcus Case, who died in the helicopter crash.
The funeral service for Lieutenant Marcus Case, who died in the helicopter crash.

A CHINOOK helicopter that suffered a flight computer failure and crashed killing an Australian soldier was one of four ''remanufactured'' aircraft operated by Australia that used airframes of the C-class model, a type flown in the 1970s, the Herald has learnt.

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