IAF’s Chinook helicopter fleet working as standard amid experiences over ‘gas leaks’
3 min readBy PTI
NEW DELHI: The Chinook helicopters of the Indian Air Force (IAF) are working as standard however the US Army grounding all the fleet of the heavy-lift choppers over gas leaks that precipitated a “small number” of engine fires.
People aware of the event mentioned on Wednesday the IAF headquarters has despatched a communication to Boeing India following experiences of the grounding of the Chinook CH-47 helicopters by the United States Army.
It is learnt that Boeing India has communicated to the IAF that the Chinook CH-47F(I) helicopters being operated by the power are in no way impacted by the issue that has hit the US Army fleet.
The IAF is working 15 Chinooks at current.
“The Chinook fleet of the IAF is operating as usual,” mentioned one of many individuals cited above.
There was no touch upon the matter by both the IAF or Boeing India.
An US Army spokesperson mentioned the power grounded all the fleet of its Chinook helicopters after a small variety of engine fires have been reported on account of a gas leak, in accordance with a media report.
The US Army operates round 400 Chinooks.
According to experiences, the US Army has recognized the underlying reason behind gas leaks that precipitated the engine fires on the CH-47 helicopters.
The IAF has been extensively utilizing its Chinook fleet in quite a lot of missions, together with in Ladakh.
In April, a Chinook chopper set a report for the longest continuous helicopter sortie by flying for seven-and-a-half hours from Chandigarh to Jorhat in Assam.
The Chinook is a multi-role, vertical-lift platform, which is used for transporting troops, artillery, tools and gas.
It can be used for humanitarian and catastrophe aid operations and in missions resembling transportation of aid provides and mass evacuation of refugees.
India had finalised a contract in September 2015 to acquire 22 Apache helicopters and 15 Chinook choppers from the US at a price of round USD 3 billion.
NEW DELHI: The Chinook helicopters of the Indian Air Force (IAF) are working as standard however the US Army grounding all the fleet of the heavy-lift choppers over gas leaks that precipitated a “small number” of engine fires.
People aware of the event mentioned on Wednesday the IAF headquarters has despatched a communication to Boeing India following experiences of the grounding of the Chinook CH-47 helicopters by the United States Army.
It is learnt that Boeing India has communicated to the IAF that the Chinook CH-47F(I) helicopters being operated by the power are in no way impacted by the issue that has hit the US Army fleet.
The IAF is working 15 Chinooks at current.
“The Chinook fleet of the IAF is operating as usual,” mentioned one of many individuals cited above.
There was no touch upon the matter by both the IAF or Boeing India.
An US Army spokesperson mentioned the power grounded all the fleet of its Chinook helicopters after a small variety of engine fires have been reported on account of a gas leak, in accordance with a media report.
The US Army operates round 400 Chinooks.
According to experiences, the US Army has recognized the underlying reason behind gas leaks that precipitated the engine fires on the CH-47 helicopters.
The IAF has been extensively utilizing its Chinook fleet in quite a lot of missions, together with in Ladakh.
In April, a Chinook chopper set a report for the longest continuous helicopter sortie by flying for seven-and-a-half hours from Chandigarh to Jorhat in Assam.
The Chinook is a multi-role, vertical-lift platform, which is used for transporting troops, artillery, tools and gas.
It can be used for humanitarian and catastrophe aid operations and in missions resembling transportation of aid provides and mass evacuation of refugees.
India had finalised a contract in September 2015 to acquire 22 Apache helicopters and 15 Chinook choppers from the US at a price of round USD 3 billion.
