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Old 27th Apr 2014, 20:20
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ralphmalph
 
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I can only speak for the AAC aircraft over the past 15years..

23-APR-2013 Westland Lynx British Army Air Corps (AAC) 0 Kandahar Airfield

Weather damage (Hail)

01-DEC-2011 Westland Lynx AH7 XZ210 British Army Air Corps (AAC) 0 near Tatenhausen, Halle (Westfalen)

Servicing error/SOAP sample error

18-MAR-2007 Westland Lynx AH7 ZD276 British Army Air Corps (AAC) 0 Crossmaglen, Northern Ireland

Pilot Error

06-MAY-2006 Westland Lynx AH7 XZ614 Royal Marines Commando 5 Basra

Enemy Action

21-FEB-2005 Westland Lynx AH7 XZ646 Royal Marines Commando 0 Modrinja, near Sarajevo

Wire Strike.

09-SEP-2004 Westland Lynx AH9 ZE382 British Army Air Corps (AAC) 6 Namest nad Oslavou, 19 mi W of Brn

Wire Strike.

19-SEP-2001 Westland Lynx AH9 ZG922 British Army Air Corps (AAC) 0 Omani desert

Pilot error during dust take off at night.

23-FEB-2001 Westland Lynx AH7 XZ664 British Army Air Corps (AAC) 0 RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire

Mechanical failure/Tail Rotor

17-APR-2000 Westland Lynx AH7 XZ207 British Army Air Corps (AAC) 0 Boxberg

Mechanical Failure/tail rotor

02-MAR-2000 Westland Lynx AH7 XZ662 British Army Air Corps (AAC) 0 Mullaghbawn, Northern Ireland

Enemy Action.


The obvious two TR incidents stick out…..but what about the rest?

Sprucemoose is right, the Mk9A has been working hard with no incident thus far.

If you went down the list and stripped out all of the non-tech faults and took account for the way in which military aircraft are operated. Apart from a period in the 90's it has performed well.

Hardly a surprise when the design has been around so long.
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