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Thursday, June 02, 2011

Czech army grounds L-39 jets after accident probe

L-39 AlbatrosThe Czech army has ordered the grounding of its nine jet trainer and combat aircraft, the L-39 Albatros, following an accident investigation into a engine failure that forced the pilot to eject in December 2010.

Five of the planes will be immediately removed from service and a further four only used for training young pilots — after thorough overhauls of the engines.

The accident investigation found that the engine failure was caused by a titanium fire in the high-pressure compression section of the motor.

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