Report says Cyclones’ ‘unmitigated risk level’ now ‘extremely high’
Air force technicians are being forced to perform more frequent inspections of Canada’s trouble-prone CH-148 Cyclone helicopters after the U.S. manufacturer found a defect related to the main rotor blades, says an internal report.
CBC News has obtained a copy of what’s known as a Record of Airworthiness Risk Management report for the maritime helicopter — basically, the military air safety branch’s plan to manage the aircraft’s critical deficiencies.
The unsigned, undated document says the CH-148’s maker Sikorsky alerted the military on June 6, 2022, to a potential “debonding” problem with the main rotor blades installed on some Cyclones.
