There is a very interesting little snippet in the Helihub article today about the CHC/Babcock transaction.
https://helihub.com/2021/09/27/compe...on-of-babcock/
Of the UK fleet, one AW139 has been stored for 8 months and one H175 was recently ferried to Airbus for corrosion remedial works which will likely see it out of service for 12 months. Additionally one S92 is still being worked on after suffering a nose wheel collapse in June, and the total includes another S92 pulled out of storage on 10th September. Read more at https://helihub.com/2021/09/27/compe...on-of-babcock/
12 months of corrosion remedial work provides for an enormous workscope, and if the activities are limited to airframe corrosion remediation, there must be virtually nothing left unaffected on this airframe at this stage. Does anyone have any additional insight into what is happening with this machine, or the background to how an almost new helicopter could require such extensive action if it hadn't been ditched in the sea?
Anyone?