September 2022: all US Army CH-47 Chinooks grounded because of numerous engine fires...

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September 2022: all US Army CH-47 Chinooks grounded because of numerous engine fires...

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https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-arm ... ine-fires/
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... elicopters
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https://www.flightglobal.com%2Fhelicopters%2Fus-army-grounds-ch-47s-citing-risk-of-engine-fire
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chinook-he ... ine-fires/
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-army-g ... 1661894466
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Re: September 2022: all US Army CH-47 Chinooks grounded because of numerous engine fires...

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The grounding is not (currently) affecting other operators: KLu CH-47F D-481 at present is rather busy fighting a wildfire in the Netherlands (together with Cougar S-419, both according to ads-b).
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Re: September 2022: all US Army CH-47 Chinooks grounded because of numerous engine fires...

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https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/u ... s-grounded
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