A fleet-wide inspection has revealed that some navy and coast guard ALHs are facing the same problem — cracks in the swashplate assembly.

Uncertainty looms over the participation of the locally produced Dhruv advanced light helicopter (ALH) and its armed version Rudra in ... plane maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).

“HAL has provided IISc with the raw material ... The army and the IAF account for more than 90 Rudra helicopters. The ALH has been involved in around 15 accidents during the last five ...