82 percent of Canada’s CH-148 fleet grounded due to cracks

Cracks have been found on the tails of Canada’s CH-148 fleet, the problem affects 19 out of the 23 helicopters.

Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada / CC BY-SA

The issue surfaced on Nov. 26 when one of the helicopter underwent scheduled maintenance and the cracks were discovered. Subsequent checks on three more rotorcraft also found cracks on those aircraft.

So far only two were unaffected and two more are yet to be inspected.

Working together with Sikorsky, the Royal Canadian Air Force believes some of those CH-148s can be repaired within days.

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