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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?
The first three H175s delivered to Babcock did not have the necessary corrosion protection applied during the build process. All three machines were scheduled to go to Albacete in Spain to have remedial works carried out by Airbus, which takes approx 12 months. MCSE was the first to be completed. I believe MCSG has recently arrived in Albacete for the same treatment.