HMAS Kanimbla carries black hawks everywere and the pilots have landed on the back of it and manoora more times than most navy pilots, I know for a fact that they land on the flight deck of Kanimbla wene its rockin and rolling and the sea state would not have been hazardous during the accident. I served with both Kanimbla and Monoora and wittnessed many landing opps by the army pilots. There seems to be alot of people in this country that are miss-informed about these two ships and there army detachment. they serve as a anphibious transport ship they always have a army detachment with black hawks and ary pilots. It is a great loss for the ADF, my condolences go out to the families friends and crew.