- Blackhawk - & Townsville crash -

Here is a selection of my publications. Click on the title to view the whole text, or chose a category on the left.

  • Star's son injured in Black Hawk accident
    14.02.2004
    By: Tony Koch and Rory Callinan THE son of Bush Tucker Man Les Hiddins was among six soldiers injured when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed near Amberley RAAF base southwest of Brisbane this week. The crash, which left Lieutenant Tim Hiddins and... read more
  • Eight survive after Black Hawk comes to grief
    13.02.2004
    By: Amanda Watt, Leah Moore, Tony Koch and Tanya Moore PILOT error is suspected as the cause of a Black Hawk helicopter crash which left six soldiers injured and the $25 million aircraft destroyed near Amberley RAAF base southwest of... read more
  • Joshua bears his dad's spirit proudly
    02.06.2000
    By: Tony Koch WHEN the youngest runner in the Olympic torch relay takes the flame, he will help carry forward the memory of his father who died in the 1996 Black Hawk tragedy. Joshua Tombs, 10, will represent his dad Brett -- an SAS soldier... read more
  • HAWKS' EYES WORTH WEIGHT IN GOLD
    07.08.1999
    By: TONY KOCH The army's Black Hawk helicopter regiment is honing its counter-terrorism skills for the Olympics. Tony Koch went along for the rideTHE two fishermen on the rocks at the base of The Heads in Sydney Harbour would have been... read more
  • BLACK HAWK TO OLYMPIAN HEIGHTS
    28.07.1999
    Tony Koch chief reporter THE 18 soldiers killed when two Black Hawk helicopters collided on an anti-terrorist training mission near Townsville in 1996 will be acknowledged at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Soldiers will create a tribute to the men by... read more
  • THE OLYMPIC FLAME AND A SCORCHED SOUL
    27.03.1999
    Tony Koch BENJAMIN Berrigan at the memorial service for his father and 17 others who died in the Black Hawk crash. AUSTRALIANS, including many who live in remote regions of this vast nation, will have the opportunity to see the Olympic flame... read more
  • OPEN INQUIRY VITAL FOR THE GRIEVING
    22.06.1996
    T HE announcement by Australian Defence Force officials that the board of inquiry hearing into the fatal Blackhawk collision at Townsville would be "open and exhaustive'' was welcome. It is essential that everything become known about this tragedy... read more
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