Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter(ALH) deficiencies have been identified and flight safety issues are being addressed on priority, which The safety record had come under scrutiny following accidents earlier this year. This information was shared by a senior army officer with the journalist of Hindustan Times. The matter of design and metallurgy behind the flaws is coming to the fore. ,Army, Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard 4440 ALH poles operate over Army, Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard operate more than ALH pole. During March–May the helicopter was cleared to fly and again withheld after safety issues came to the fore in the backdrop of three accidents during this period. A second official said on condition of anonymity that the helicopters, designed and developed by state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, are being cleared to fly in batches for urgent missions after extensive testing. ,In the last five years, the ALH 06 was involved in accidents

In the last five years, ALH 25 was involved in accidents, including the crash-landing of an army helicopter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar on 4 May, in which a soldier was killed. Was killed and two pilots were injured. Earlier, a Coast Guard ALH 28 made a forced landing at Kochi on March 1, and a Navy ALH made a ditching (emergency landing in water) in the Arabian Sea on March 8.

Center for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC) had given the information HT has reported in May that a design review of “safety-critical systems” on the ALH, according to a top government regulatory body responsible for certifying the airworthiness of military aircraft, may be appropriate. Bangalore-based Center for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC) has 25 Wrote about this to all three forces and coast guard on April. It ordered a design review of the booster control rods to improve the airworthiness of the ALH.

The most likely cause of the March 8 incident was a technical failure The committee constituted by the Chief Executive (Airworthiness) of CEMILAC found that the most likely cause of the March 8 incident was a technical failure – an error in the assembly of the serrated washer in the booster control rods. It recommended short and long term measures to enhance the safety of ALH. CEMILAC The April letter states that the design, development and qualification of steel booster control rods tolerant to assembly defects will be expedited and compliance with the new design will be implemented within six months to one year. Will aim to do. HAL, the three services and the Coast Guard.

CEMILAC lays down measures to resume operations CEMILAC laid down measures to resume operations of ALH, Rudra (armed version of ALH) and Light Combat Helicopter (LCH). The latest LCHs of the Indian Air Force were also discontinued earlier as they inherited many features of the ALH. It states that every 137 flight The approval for these platforms with limited hours will be given after mandatory inspection. It states that flight hours or up to one year, whichever whichever is earlier, further approval will be based on the successful completion of two critical trials by HAL.

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Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 6: 10 PM IST