Tälläinen tuli vastaan growlerin tulipalosta. 120miljoonan vahinko.
Immediately after the investigation report was released, the Australian Defense Department tried to
claim compensation through a
convoluted process that would see the claim go through United States Navy then on to Boeing who makes the Growler, and eventually to General Electric, who makes the F414 engine. However, the request was rejected in the very early stages.
In fact,
ABC News in Australia reported that Air Vice Marshal Greg Hoffman, the head of the Defence Department’s Aerospace Systems Division, told Senate Estimates that Australian taxpayers will have to foot the bill: “The US Navy has formally written to us and advised that unfortunately, and it is very unfortunate that we can’t get compensated for this, but the position is there is no compensation,” he said. According to Hoffman, the United States Navy would also receive no compensation from the contractor if
it experienced a similar mishap: “The owner and operator holds the liability for the aeroplanes. And what we found out is in this case, the United States’ Navy, should they have lost this aeroplane, they similarly would not have been compensated for it (by) the contractor.”
Commercial agreements that the Australian Defense was not aware of until recently did not include a “warranty” and the RAAF Electronic Attack capability is now reduced by about 10 percent: 11 of the original 12 RAAF EA-18G remain in service
https://theaviationist.com/2019/12/...into-flames-at-nellis-air-force-base-in-2018/
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Australia ainakin otti vaariin.
"Deputy Defence secretary Tony Fraser said the department was examining whether there were warranty protections on other large purchases.
"It has been a difficult lesson and as we've pursued legal advice on all of the foreign military sales and cooperative programs we'll continue to strengthen that," he said"