Australijski otisli pod zemlju
Taipan six feet under, Down Under Citat:This story has now taken a somewhat bizarre sequel, as it recently became clear that NH Industries (NHI) has reportedly bought back all the spare parts and components that were worth salvaging. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) then decided to secretly bury the 47 empty Taipan hulks on a defense site.
^^A trazili ih i ukri
Citat:APDR reports that Ukraine has made a request for the 45 NH-90 helicopters that the Australian government had previously decided to scrap.
Ukri pritiskaju kengure za ove njihove
Citat:Ukrainian officials and community members are intensifying their pressure on the Australian government to reconsider its decision to scrap its retired Taipan helicopters instead of sending them to war-torn Ukraine.
The controversy centers on the fate of 45 MRH-90s, grounded after a fatal crash in July 2023 and slated for dismantling and burial.
https://alert5.com/2024/01/15/pressure-mounts-on-a.....o-ukraine/
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/australia-li.....pter-fleet
Kako su već oljušteni povratka nema.
Pa nisu jih odbacili samo Australci nego i Norvežani. I Belgijci smanjuju brojku.
Sami problemi.
Citat:The Australian Defense Force’s decision to dismantle and destroy its NH-90 Tactical Transport Helicopter fleet followed hard on the heels of a series of in-flight and operational incidents, which culminated in the deaths of four Australian NH-90 aircrew during a night-time special operations aviation support exercise with the U.S. Army’s elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment over the Great Barrier Reef in late July 2023.
Citat:ADF pilots flew with faulty equipment during fatal Taipan crash in 2023
Citat:Members of Australia's Ukrainian community are continuing to question the government's decision to reject a request to send the retired Taipan helicopters to Europe for the fight against Russia's invasion. In a submission to a parliamentary inquiry, the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) claims Defence officials told them "the MRH-90 is a safe helicopter", a position they say is at odds with comments from the Albanese government. "Defence officials reflected that 'the MRH-90 is a safe helicopter' but also 'unreliable, unaffordable, and very intensive to maintain'," AFUO co-chairs Stefan Romaniw and Kateryna Argyrou state in their submission.