Chinooks remain grounded as Boeing searches database

The Chinook helicopter fleets of the U.K. Royal Air Force and U.S. Army remain grounded following the Aug. 6 discovery of a cracked transmission gearbox case in one of the RAF helicopters during depot maintenance. The grounding has affected all operational Chinooks, including several assigned to the...

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