The Army grounds its fleet of CH-47 Chinooks, one of its oldest and most versatile aircraft

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There are show horses and there are workhorses, and the Army’s CH-47 Chinook helicopter is definitely a workhorse.

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But the service has grounded the famed tandem-rotor helicopters following a series of engine fires, Wall Street reporters Andrew Tangel and Gordon Lubold first revealed on Tuesday.

The Army grounded its entire fleet of CH-47s “out of an abundance of caution” after identifying the cause of fuel leaks that led to fires aboard some Chinooks, Army spokeswoman Cynthia Smith told Task & Purpose on Wednesday. No soldiers have been injured or killed by these fires.

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Honeywell International, which builds engines for the Chinooks, said in a statement that a type of gasket known as “O-rings” that did not meet the company’s design specifications had been installed in some Chinook engines during maintenance at an Army depot.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-army-grounds-its-fleet-of-ch-47-chinooks-one-of-its-oldest-and-most-versatile-aircraft/ar-AA11k6sD

Better safe than sorry.

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1. Why are helicopters so much more expensive than regular airplanes?

Why are helicopters so much more expensive than regular airplanes?

Because airplanes are built to fly ahead.

Helicopters are built to fly apart.

Here is a helicopter just gliding in for a landing.

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