Originally Posted by
henra
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You do understand the difference between safety and availability?
The NH90 has a dismal record of availability in almost all Countries where it is used. But it has few accidents and very few of them due to technical issues. The extremely few fatals so far all were for operational causes.
There are good reasons to re- think the usage of NH90 (and several countries are doing so or have doe so) but this permanent grounding for puported safety reasons has some strange odor to it.
There is nothing safer than an aircraft that never flies, just sits on the ground.