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

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 ...

Unlike the Mojave, the Chinook offered an innovative tandem rotor system and twin-engine design capable of transporting more troops and cargo than any helicopter that came before it. Named for the ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Learn more. WASHINGTON — The Army said Tuesday it has grounded its fleet of about 400 Chinook cargo helicopters after fuel leaks caused a “small number” of engine fires. Army spokeswoman ...