Indian Army and Indian Air Force (IAF) variants of its Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv have been cleared for operations based on the Defect Investigation (DI) Committee recommendations. Read: The Latest Defence Current Affairs Notes here
However, the naval version of the chopper will remain grounded.
The entire fleet of over 330 Dhruv helicopters operated by the Army, Navy, the Air Force and the Coast Guard was grounded after a Dhruv helicopter of the Coast Guard crashed at Gujarat's Porbandar airport runway on January 5.
Two pilots and an aircrew diver of the chopper were killed in the incident.
The indigenously designed and developed ALH Dhruv is a twin-engine, multi-role and multi-mission new-generation helicopter in the 5.5-ton weight class.
More than 340 Dhruv helicopters have been produced by HAL so far.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) was established in Bangalore in December, 1940, by Shri Walchand Hirachand in collaboration with the Government of Mysore.
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