Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Sea Kings grounded after chopper damaged

CH-124 Sea KingThe Sea King helicopter fleet at 12 Wing Shearwater in Nova Scotia is grounded after one of the choppers tipped over Monday and sheered off its blades, tearing up the landing strip.

It landed safely just before midnight with a crew of four on board, taxied and stopped.

According to officials, it then tipped forward, the tail lifted, the nose went down and the main rotor blades carved into the ground, flinging debris into nearby buildings and seriously damaging the aircraft.

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