Aircraft
Investigation Halted into AgustaWestland AW101 Sale to India
The helo maker has agreed to pay a fine which, it claims, is an admission of wrongdoing or liability.
India canceled its AW101 order after allegations emerged that the deal was the result of international corruption.
India canceled its AW101 order after allegations emerged that the deal was the result of international corruption.

Although the Italian prosecutor has discontinued investigations of alleged wrongdoings in the sale of 12 AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters to India for VVIP transport, the fate of the program remains unclear. AgustaWestland has agreed to pay a “negligible fine (which)…is not in any way an admission of any wrongdoing or liability,” said a statement from Finmeccanica, which further noted that the Prosecutor had “specifically acknowledged the non-involvement” of the parent company.