H160 Ditching Prompts EASA To Issue Pitch Rod Replacement Directive

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Credit: Tony Osborne/Aviation Week Network
Airbus Helicopters is calling on operators of its H160 rotorcraft to replace main rotor system pitch rods after the rupture of one of the components prompted the crew of one aircraft to ditch in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil. In an Emergency Airworthiness Directive published by the European Union...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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