Ecuador loses another Dhruv helo to crash

[Abingdonboy]

Attrition rate of 60% in 5 years is impossible!

Address this question to the EAF. Inside India (and with all other foreign users of the type) the ALH has nothing but an exemplary service record.

Ecuador,Disappointed by India,bought 9 helicopters from Airbus.

Airbus Helicopters : l'Equateur s'offre neuf hélicoptères à usage militaire

That's their prerogative but unless whatever issues that have lead to this 60% crash rate of ALHs are addressed then these Airbus Mil Helos are going to suffer the same fate....

 

[SSG_Commando]

All attributed to Incredible Indian technology and their state of the art DARDO. DARDO motto 'We can f** any technology. Zaraa Azmaa ka to Dakho'. Jay Hind!!!

 

[Penguin]

Another Ecuador army helicopter:

Bell TH-57 Sea Ranger

United States training helicopter TH-57 Sea Ranger 9
Initially 13 were ordered in 1990. Lost: one on May 12, 2008, three in earlier incidents

Ecuadorian Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[kaku1]

Another Ecuador army helicopter:

Bell TH-57 Sea Ranger

United States training helicopter TH-57 Sea Ranger 9
Initially 13 were ordered in 1990. Lost: one on May 12, 2008, three in earlier incidents

Ecuadorian Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Whats your bottomline?

 

[Penguin]

Whats your bottomline?

For one, I'm trying to establish the track / service record of the air force in question.

If you read the article, the last crash was a training mission. Which may indicate an inexperienced pilot. That is not to say experience pilots don't do training. Just keeping options open.

 

[kurup]

Whats your bottomline?

Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .

 

[Penguin]

SA342L Gazelle

France light attack helicopter Euromissile HOT 16 ~40 units delivered in total.[30] In 2003 only 26 were operational.[33] One (no#E-342) crashed on August 1, 2008 killing the crew.[31] Two crashed on January 24, 2007 killing the Defence Minister. All are equipped with Hot missiles between 1982 and 1983. Four were upgraded with Israeli technology, it is planned to modernise and upgrade the remaining helicopters until 2018
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army

Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .

[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_222']Bell 230

United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.
Ecuadorian Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL]

 

[Guynextdoor2]

Ecuador,Disappointed by India,bought 9 helicopters from Airbus.

Airbus Helicopters : l'Equateur s'offre neuf hélicoptères à usage militaire

They will also crash, else you'll spend so much to keep their crappy maintenance and training away from the crashes that you will turn a loss.

SA342L Gazelle

France light attack helicopter Euromissile HOT 16 ~40 units delivered in total.[30] In 2003 only 26 were operational.[33] One (no#E-342) crashed on August 1, 2008 killing the crew.[31] Two crashed on January 24, 2007 killing the Defence Minister. All are equipped with Hot missiles between 1982 and 1983. Four were upgraded with Israeli technology, it is planned to modernise and upgrade the remaining helicopters until 2018
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army
Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .

Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.']
Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.']
Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.'][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_222']Bell 230

United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.[/URL]
[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.'][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuadorian_Navy']Ecuadorian Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/QUOTE][/URL]

They should probably abandon their armed forces man. No one's gonna attack them, and in peace-time their performance is embarrassing. [/URL]

 

[RPK]

Today IA releases this PIC

 

[Penguin]

[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.'][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.']
[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.']Some peacetime losses are inevitable. Question here is whether losses are type specific. And if they are, even that doesn't automatically mean it is due to the machine (can also be maintenance or training)[/URL][/URL][/URL]

 

[Guynextdoor2]

[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.'][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.'][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.'][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.'][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.'][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.'][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.'][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.'][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.'][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.'][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.'][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.'][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.'][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.'][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.'][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.'][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.'][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.'][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipment_of_the_Ecuadorian_Army[QUOTE="kurup, post: 6730946, member: 140104"]Bottomline is that EAF have crashed 4 of 7 Dhruvs and 4 of 13 Bell 206 they operate .[/QUOTE]Bell 230 United States radar surveillance 230T 1 two units delivered in total. One unit crashed at sea in 2009.']I have a feeling that the reason why the Dhruv is being highlighted is because India is eassy to bash. Hmmmmphhhh[/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL]