Army grounds fleet of helicopters due to fuel leaks and engine fires Transcript

Michael Strahan: (00:00) Now to the Army grounding its entire fleet of H-47 Chinook helicopter, due to a fuel leak tied to engine fires. ABC chief global affairs correspondent, Martha Raddatz is in Washington with more. Good morning, Martha. Martha Raddatz: (00:13) Good morning, Michael. There are about 400 of these helicopters around the world in the Army's current fleet. And they're vital to the Army mission. These helicopters transport troops, and cargo, but recently fuel leaks have caused a small number of engine fires. Thankfully, there were no injuries or deaths, but they're making sure that a part suspected of causing the problem in about 70 helicopters is fixed before the Chinooks fly again. But they're grounding all of them out of an abundance of caution, Michael, but they should be back in the air very soon, Michael. Speaker 3: (00:51) Okay. Martha. Thanks very much. Robin Roberts: (00:52) Well, hey there GMA fans, Robin Roberts here. Thanks for checking out our YouTube channel. Lots of great stuff here. So go on, click the subscribe button, right over here, to get more of awesome videos and content from GMA every day, anytime. We thank you for watching and we'll see you in the morning on GMA.