Flaws in military’s Dhruv helicopters identified — 'mix of metallurgical, design issues'

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New Delhi:After detailed checks of the grounded fleet, the Indian military has finally identified metallurgical and design flaw in a critical component of the indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) a workhorse of the armed forces that had caused some of the recent accidents, ThePrint has learnt...

Sources in the defence and security establishment said that the helicopters are being operated again, but the parts are being changed on a priority basis and their flying life has been reduced from what it was earlier...

ThePrint was the first to report in October 2022 that the crash of an armed ALH, also known as the Rudra, in Arunachal Pradesh had occurred after the collective, which controls the power to the rotors and back, had broken...

Three ALHs have crashed since March this year, forcing the military to ground the entire fleet twice for technical checks...

Along with the ALHs, the indigenous Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) was also grounded and underwent a full technical check by the armed services..

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