Comments on: Two Canadian soldiers killed (2) http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/2009/07/07/two-canadian-soldiers-killed/ Jack's Newswatch - You can fool some of the bears all of the time, and all of the bears some of the time, but you can not fool all of the bears all of the time — Jack's Newswatch Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:07:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mac http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/2009/07/07/two-canadian-soldiers-killed/#comment-1726 Mac Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:37:25 +0000 http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/?p=2065#comment-1726 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CH-146_Griffon That design is almost as common as dirt and variants of the Griffon are used by armed forces in some of the republics in the Middle East including Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey, etc. It's unlikely to be a design flaw; more likely to be a maintenance problem. Hopefully, the investigation will find the issue so we can ensure it doesn't happen again. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CH-146_Griffon

That design is almost as common as dirt and variants of the Griffon are used by armed forces in some of the republics in the Middle East including Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey, etc. It’s unlikely to be a design flaw; more likely to be a maintenance problem.

Hopefully, the investigation will find the issue so we can ensure it doesn’t happen again.

]]> By: Jack http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/2009/07/07/two-canadian-soldiers-killed/#comment-1725 Jack Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:27:21 +0000 http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/?p=2065#comment-1725 My question is what happened to the chopper?  Perhaps it's not fit for service in Afghanistan (dust, high altitude, etc).  I don't know but someone out there does. Waiting for a response. My question is what happened to the chopper?  Perhaps it’s not fit for service in Afghanistan (dust, high altitude, etc).  I don’t know but someone out there does.

Waiting for a response.

]]> By: Mac http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/2009/07/07/two-canadian-soldiers-killed/#comment-1724 Mac Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:56:52 +0000 http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/?p=2065#comment-1724 My sympathies to their families. RIP, gentlemen and thank you for your service. My sympathies to their families. RIP, gentlemen and thank you for your service.

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