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Canadian Hercules plane grounded for safety reason
Ottawa, Canada - Suspicious cracks have been discovered on 16 aircraft
The Canadian Air Force has grounded 20 Hercules CC-130 airplanes this week after that some suspicious cracks have been discovered on two airplanes during normal maintenance procedures. The first inspections have found other lesions in the wing center part of 16 other CC-130 and seem that by now these cargo planes will have to be retired definitively maybe this year. Indeed the age of the aircraft...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency