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After engine fire incidents, ‘above 90 percent’ of all Chinooks are fixed
Citat: The US Army’s Chinook fleet is almost totally fixed, according to the Army’s director of aviation, months after the service was forced to ground the heavy lift helos due to concern over engine fires.
“As of today, we’re above 90 percent of all Chinooks being fixed,” Maj. Gen. Hank Taylor, the director of Army aviation told reporters during the annual Association of the United States Army conference. For the remaining 10 percent, “we’re waiting for normal maintenance to happen and then I’d say, you know, by the year we’ll be good.”
At the end of August, the Army grounded its Chinook fleet when a faulty part, called an O-ring, led to fuel leaks and a “small number” of engine fires. At the time, a statement from Chinook engine-maker Honeywell said that the service had identified faulty O-rings installed during routine maintenance at an Army depot and was working to replace them on the affected Chinooks.
 https://breakingdefense.com/2022/10/after-engine-f.....are-fixed/
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