Originally Posted by
Cyclic Hotline
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/
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?
As far as I know, this is an earlier machine that was built without the correct corrosion protection applied. The corrosion that resulted was kept in check and repaired as and when but was always planned to go back for remedial work including the maturity mods. It's an ongoing thing with another 175 having returned from Spain earlier this year.