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Congratulations. It would appear you are correct. Anyone with a full brain, probably like the Defence Minister, would have waited for facts from an investigation before making such a big decision on permanent grounding of a fleet.
The investigation will make for incredibly sad reading. Be interesting to see the flow on effects for the worldwide fleet airworthiness of NH90’s. No doubt, the flow on effects for battlefield lift capability in the Aus Army will be drastic. The bottleneck of training continues to restrict.
First 3 blackhawks have arrived with at least another 2 before end of year. Defence is requesting expedited delivery of some / all of the 40 on order,
https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/...r-fleet-update