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operational capability. This would expand the Cormorant fleet to 21 aircraft, and keep them operational until 2040. This recommendation was not adopted by the Liberal Government and instead, in August 2019, the Government announced that "at least" two additional Cormorant helicopters would be purchased while the other 14 would be modernized. Ostensibly this might have permitted some Cormorant helicopters to be based at
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redesign was issued in 2005; out of the six aircraft which had the new hubs installed, three showed cracking one month later. A new Articulated Tail Rotor (ATR) with elastomeric bearings has been adopted on the AW101, based on a proven design used on the AW139 medium-twin helicopter. The ATR is now standard issue on new AW101s and is offered for retrofit on existing fleets.
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In August 2010, the Canadian Forces fleet of 14 CH-149 Cormorants passed 40,000 operational hours. The fleet had a higher flying rate than any other AW101 fleet and Cormorant 901, currently stationed at Canadian Forces Base Comox with 442 Squadron, has the highest number of airframe hours on any of
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crashing on 30 March 2004 which was caused by this issue. The CH-149 Cormorant has been grounded and been placed on limited flight status multiple times due to hub cracks; all 15 aircraft in Canadian inventory showed cracks of varying degrees shortly after entry to service in 2004. A subsequent
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On October 25, 2006, a search and rescue crew from 442 Squadron in Comox, British Columbia, conducted a rescue from the side of a cliff in a box canyon with the CH-149 Cormorant which Canadian Forces Captain Sean Morris described as "pretty much the worst situation I've been in my entire life."
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vessel. Three Canadian Forces personnel were killed and four others were injured. Mechanical failure was formally ruled out as the cause of the crash. On 11 March 2008, the Directorate of Flight Safety for the Canadian Forces announced that pilot error was the cause, and that Canadian Forces
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engine. On May 10, 2017, a report by the Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence recommended the government move forward with a proposal to expand the Cormorant fleet by upgrading the 14 CH-149 aircraft and converting seven VH-71 airframes currently in storage to the same
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in central Canada, in addition to other bases on the East and West coasts. However, by 2021 it was reported that the entire acquisition had been put on hold, at least temporarily, as being "unaffordable".
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the AW101s anywhere in the world. The worldwide fleet of 190 AW101 helicopters had achieved in excess of 200,000 flight hours in Canada, UK, Italy, Denmark, Portugal, and Japan.
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In 1998, the Canadian government announced that the CH-113s would now be replaced by a new scaled down search-and-rescue variant of the EH101, carrying the designation
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officials were aware of a lack of training received by pilots. Preliminary reports indicate that pilots were unaware of the proper use of the autopilot, leading to a
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Following the lead of the UK and Italy, the Canadian government placed a C$ 4.4 billion order in 1987 for 48 (later 42) EH101s to replace the
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In 2017, the Liberal government announced funding for the mid-life upgrade of the fleet, to be led by 'Team Cormorant', a team composed of
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When it became obvious that the Sea Kings were in need of immediate replacement, the EH101 was again part of a Canadian competition (
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Captain Morris and his colleagues received international recognition for the rescue as the first Canadian winner of the
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was also announced for a domestic flight simulator to "address the need for an improved training solution."
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Upon its entry to service, the AW101 experienced tail rotor hub cracking issues; including one British
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CH-149 successfully flew a 1,200 km round-trip rescue mission to the Finnish container ship MS
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The first operational CH-149 flight occurred in 2002 when a Cormorant of 442 Squadron performed a
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On 13 July 2006, a CH-149 of 413 Transport and Rescue Squadron crashed into the waters of
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CH-149 Cormorant flying near Canadian Forces Base Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
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were required. This rescue became the subject of an installment of the 2007
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In December 2022, the C$ 1.2 billion mid-life fleet upgrade was awarded to
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while flying in heavy fog during a search and rescue exercise with a
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A Cormorant crashed on March 10, 2022 during a training exercise at
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from a merchant ship 200 km (110 nmi) offshore in
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
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CH-149 Cormorant

Royal Canadian Air Force
SAR
Utility helicopter
Manufacturer
AgustaWestland
Royal Canadian Air Force
AgustaWestland AW101
Canadian Forces
AgustaWestland AW101
air-sea rescue
Canada
AgustaWestland
Italy
Leonardo
helicopter

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anti-submarine warfare
Royal Navy
Westland Sea Kings
Marina Militare
Canadian Forces
Sikorsky CH-124 Sea Kings
Boeing Vertol CH-113 Labradors

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