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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Denmark May Seek Compensation for Copters

The government of Denmark is considering a Ministry of Defense (MoD) proposal to seek compensation from AgustaWestland regarding the 14 EH-101 transport and rescue helicopters delivered by the company to the Royal Danish Air Force in 2001.

Denmark paid $586 million for the helicopters, eight of which were earmarked for search-and-rescue duties and six earmarked for tactical troop transport purposes. The last of the 14 EH-101s were delivered in March 2007.

The MoD claims the EH-101s have delivered a lower-than-promised level of operational efficiency and due to technical problems have been available to the Air Force just 30 percent of the time. This is much lower than the 80 percent operational availability promised when the EH-101s were delivered, Defense Minister Soren Gade said.

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