The indigenously built ALH Dhruv helicopter, by DPSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has received restricted type certification from European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in Brussels, Belgium. HAL confirmed this in a post on its official Twitter account on July 4. “The EASA certification establishes that HAL is capable of designing helicopter platforms meeting stringent…
After detailed scrutiny, DPSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) along with the three Indian Armed Forces have identified certain design and metallurgy issues in some components of ALH Dhruv Helicopters which has probably caused the chopper to crash three times in recent months. The scrutiny was carried in view of these string of accidents involving the…
The fleet of (Advanced Light Helicopter) ALH Dhruv of the Indian Army which had been grounded a month back, owing to a helicopter crash in Jammu and Kashmir, have been given clearance for flight. The clearance is given in batches but only after comprehensive safety checks to keep it operationally ready, but routine sorties are…
The Indian Army has grounded the entire fleet of indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv following the crash of one of the choppers in Jammu and Kashmir. Notably, an ALH Dhruv with three people on board crashed following a “hard landing” in Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir last week. A technician was killed and two…
