Four feared dead after helicopter crash during military exercise

Four people are feared dead after a helicopter crash during a military exercise in Australia that also features US and UK armed forces. Exercise Talisman Sabre, which is jointly led by United States and Australia, is being conducted off the Whitsundays coast in Queensland. It is understood the helicopter crashed into the ocean off Hamilton Island with four people on board about 11pm on Friday, local time. The huge 14-day exercise features more than 30,000 military personnel from 13 nations, including the United Kingdom, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, France, Canada and Germany. The nationality of the downed helicopter is yet to be confirmed, but it is thought to be either American or Australian.