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The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — The Canadian Air Force announced earlier this month that It ordered the jets of the Snowbird Air Demonstration Squadron to "suspend operations" after they crashed.
Major General's statement. Canadian Airlines 1st Division commander Ian Huddleston has said CT-114 Tutor his jet will not fly until an airworthiness risk assessment is completed.
The decision to ground the aircraft was made after a jet crashed at the airport in Fort St. John, BC on 2 August.
No one was injured when the pilot made his landing hard. The Air Force said the cause of the accident is under investigation.
A careful, detailed and extensive risk analysis will be conducted to ensure the squadron's safe return to flight operations, the Air Force statement said.
It said the assessment would include whether the accident and its causes pose a risk to continued flight operations, and what measures could be taken to mitigate the risk. .
"Given that the cause of this accident has not been determined by the Airworthiness Investigation Authority, an operational suspension of the CT-114 Tutor fleet will be ordered to continue the investigation and a thorough operational airworthiness risk assessment will be conducted. We will begin the evaluation process," Huddleston said in a statement Wednesday.
The nearly 60-year-old Tutor Jet will be used by Snowbirds until 2030.
This report by Canadian Press was first published on August 10, 2022.
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