FAA grounds 2,800 Bell helos for inspection

mr.bean · Post by **mr.bean** » 19 Mar 2009, 00:14

FAA grounds 2,800 Bell helicopters for inspection
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON - U.S. safety officials are grounding 2,800 Bell helicopters in a search for improperly installed bearings that could cause the co-pilot controls to malfunction.

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown says the agency wants operators of three types of helicopters to visually inspect a bearing in the co-pilot cyclic controls and replace the part if it was improperly installed.

The helicopters are Bell models 407 and 427, and the 206 A, B and L series.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2009/ ... 26-ap.html

MIKE JG · Post by **MIKE JG** » 19 Mar 2009, 00:39

Guess we won't be hearing "live from Chopper 7........." on the local news anytime soon, lots of JetRangers in use in the news biz.

jetmax · Post by **jetmax** » 19 Mar 2009, 00:58

"let's go live to Chopper 7 which is currently at the crash of Chopper 7"

MIKE JG · Post by **MIKE JG** » 19 Mar 2009, 04:46

"let's go live to Chopper 7, which is currently in the maitenance hangar......"