An army helicopter has had to make an emergency landing after an anti-terrorism drill went terribly wrong.
As seen in the video above, the Black Hawk helicopter clipped the mast of a Defence-leased Captain Cooke Cruise ship in Sydney Harbour on Wednesday afternoon.
The incident damaged the helicopter’s rotor blades.
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Read nowIt made an emergency landing at Robertson Park in Watsons Bay.
A second Black Hawk followed and landed in the park moments later.
Military personnel inside the first helicopter moved into the second one and left.
No one was injured in the incident.
Defence is now investigating the matter.
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