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BLACK HAWK 221 BOARD OF INQUIRY HEARINGS UPDATE

The Black Hawk 221 Board of Inquiry (BOI) will not sit on Monday 30 or Tuesday 31 July 2007.

The Board will resume hearings at 10:00am on Wednesday 1 August 2007 at Randwick Barracks, Avoca Street, Randwick, NSW.

The BOI has been established to determine the facts and circumstances surrounding the loss of an Army Black Hawk helicopter (number 221) operating with HMAS KANIMBLA off Fiji on 29 November last year. Two ADF personnel, Captain Mark Bingley and Trooper Joshua Porter, died in the incident.

The BOI Terms of Reference, Instrument of Appointment and other relevant information is available at: www.defence.gov.au/boi/blackhawk221

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