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Saturday, June 10, 2006

India: Dhruv back in the skies with new tail rotors

India's indigenous pride, the Advanced Light helicopter, Dhruv, is back flying in the skies, Hindustan Aeronautics Chairman A K Baweja said here today.

He also said that the company was poised to roll out country's first Advanced light gunship.

"Most of the Dhruv grounded for the past two months after complaints of problems in the tail rotor are back in the skies" Baweja told PTI here saying that the choppers were now sporting "new tail rotors".

"Advanced Light helicopters which were grounded for mandatory safety checks are now taking to skies at the rate of 12 per month", the HAL chairman said.

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