|
 |
|
| Last updated at 4:28 PM on 03/11/09 |
Sikorsky examines latest chopper found to have crack on gearbox footing  
The Canadian Press—Halifax
Officials with Sikorsky and Cougar Helicopters are inspecting the main gearbox on an S-92 chopper to find out what caused a hairline crack on the critical component.
A spokesman for Cougar said today a crew from Sikorsky is taking extra time examining the gearbox mounting feet, a day after the fracture was found on the helicopter when it returned from a training mission off Nova Scotia.
Christian Kittleson says they expect the helicopter will be back in service by Friday.
Two international aviation regulatory agencies recently issued airworthiness directives that mandate visual inspections of the mounting feet after every 10 hours of flight.
Cougar engineers were doing a standard inspection Monday when they discovered the crack on the mounting feet that attach the main gearbox to the airframe.
It is the same make of helicopter that was involved in a fatal crash off Newfoundland last March, although the cause of that crash was not linked to the same issue.
|
03/11/09
© 2009 
Last 5 most recent Cougar Flight 491 Tragedy articles:
|
Comments: |
|
This Conversation is Moderated. What is moderation?
|
| What does moderation mean? |
 |
The Telegram is committed to encouraging intelligent discourse among our readers and to creating a forum where diverse views and opinions on a wide range of topics can be aired. The forum you are in now is a result of our continuing efforts to facilitate a dynamic online conversation among our readers.
This is a moderated conversation. Once a reader follows the steps to register and submit his or her comment it goes to a moderator for the website. Once it has been approved, your comment will be displayed on the website. A comment may be edited or deleted for reasons of content or language.
All readers wishing to join a conversation must first sign in and agree to the Terms of Usage, which explain the rules of acceptable content.
|
|
|
(Post a comment)
|
|
|
|
|
Æ™®© from NL writes: Let's see a photo of this 'hairline' fracture. It was probably completely separated but barely held on elsewhere.
|
| Posted 03/11/2009 at 6:21 PM | Alert an Editor | Link to comment |
| ALERT US ABOUT THIS COMMENT |
|
Please let us know if this reader's comment breaks the rules explained in the Terms of Usage and is obscene, abusive, threatening, unlawful, harassing, defamatory, profane or racially offensive by selecting the appropriate option to describe the problem.
Do not use this to complain about comments that don't break the rules, for example those comments that you disagree with or contain spelling errors or multiple postings.
|
|
|
NOTE
The management of this site emphasizes that it is in no way liable for persons, physical or legal, who are hosted here. Moreover, the managers of this site may not be held liable for errors and omissions that may slip into the information displayed in these reader comments. Everyone who submits a comment should read, understand and agree to the Terms of Usage for this section.
|
|
|
|
|
1
