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The incident occurred during a training exercise at the Mount Bundey Training Area involving a Supacat troop carrying vehicle used by the Australian Defence Force's first brigade and special forces units.
The Australian Defence Force has paused the use of the troop carrier involved in the crash that killed Army Corporal Brendan Hannam south of Darwin on Monday.
Corporal Hannam died when the vehicle rolled during a training exercise at the Mount Bundey Training Area.
Five other soldiers were injured, two of whom remain in Royal Darwin Hospital while the two others have returned to Robertson Barracks in Darwin.
Speaking to the media in Perth this afternoon, Chief of Army Lieutenant General Susan Coyle confirmed the vehicle involved in the fatal crash was a "Supacat troop carrying vehicle".
"The vehicle is used in the first brigade and it’s also used in our special forces units," she said.
General Coyle said there had been no previous incidents involving the Supacat and the pause was "normal standard practice that we do when we have a major accident and in particular, a fatality".
General Coyle also confirmed Corporal Hannam was not driving the vehicle when it rolled.
"I have not spoken to the family, the unit is supporting the fam at the moment," she said.
"I’m oganising to go and visit the family shortly."
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The Australian Defence Force will resume use of the Supacat troop carrier after completing a safety review.
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