The Army grounded its entire fleet of Chinook helicopters after a “small number” of engines fires were discovered, according to an Army spokeswoman. The Army identified the cause of the engine ...

Concerned about a series of engine fires, the Army has grounded its entire fleet of CH-47 Chinook helicopters. The U.S. Army Materiel Command grounded the fleet of hundreds of helicopters "out of ...

Chinooks are capable of a pinnacle landing, wherein the helicopter is half on the ground while the other half hovers off a ...

But the Chinook fleet is not going anywhere right now, because the Army has grounded them. The problem leading to the grounding is a series of engine fires—there have been four reported fires ...

The US Army had grounded its entire fleet of CH-47 Chinook helicopters, per The Wall Street Journal. The Army confirmed it was aware of a small number of engine fires in the Boeing-made helicopters.

The Chinook is equipped with two T55-GA-714A turboshaft engines, which are pod-mounted on either side of the rear pylon under the rear rotor blades. The self-sealing fuel tanks are mounted in ...

The U.S. Army confirmed Tuesday that it has temporarily grounded its fleet of Chinook helicopters following multiple engine fires. Army spokeswoman Cynthia O. Smith told CBS News in an email that ...

The Chinook helicopter is able to fly on one engine, albeit with degraded performance capabilities. However, the failure of one of its rotors would most likely prove to be fatal. The rotor systems ...

The Army has grounded its entire fleet of CH-47 Chinook helicopters while it works to fix fuel leaks that caused an unspecified number of engine fires, the service confirmed. In a statement ...