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The Royal Canadian Air Force has placed restrictions on its training aircraft after reports of problems with similar planes operated by other countries.

The restrictions follow a November 21 incident in which a training aircraft flown by the United States Navy and similar to the Royal Canadian Air Force CT-155 Hawk training aircraft had an engine-related incident. This was the third engine incident in such planes since May 2019 in other militaries.

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Crews were not injured during the incidents.

But the incidents were significant enough for the RCAF to implement restrictions on the fleet of CT-155 Hawk used by the Canadian military at 15 Wing Moose Jaw and 4 Wing Cold Lake.

RCAF has decided to reduce all non-essential flying like flypasts and support to public displays and boost the training on engine related emergencies so that aircrew are better prepared to handle an emergency.

“We are only flying aircraft that have limited hours on certain components that we suspect may be related to the other engine incidents,” Maj. Trevor Reid, a spokesman for 2 Canadian Air Division, added in an email.