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Friday, June 08, 2007

Cypriot assault chopper fiasco with 10 in 11 grounded

Ten of the National Guard’s helicopter gunships are grounded because of problems with service and parts, with just one chopper barely airworthy.

According to Politis, which reported the story yesterday, many of the pilots have flat-out refused to fly, and some have requested transfers to other departments in the military.

Moreover, the choppers’ flight manuals are available only in Russian – not much use to the aviators, who often resort to multilingual dictionaries to figure out the instructions.

Just one of the 11 Mi-35 choppers is used, and only when absolutely necessary.

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