Apaches grounded by discovery of faulty assembly

U.S. Army officials are grounding the service's 742 Boeing AH-64A and D Apache helicopters after technicians found a faulty tail rotor swashplate assembly, the service said Friday. The order calls for a serial number inspection of all Apaches to find out whether the suspect swashplate assemblies are...

Subscription Required

 

This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.

Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.

Already an AWIN subscriber? Login

 

Did you know?  Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.