Newsletter: SAR takes off with Covid rule relaxations
Depending on where you are reading this, there might be reasons to revel in the easing of restrictions. Maybe you are on a summer holiday with the sound of the waves and a cocktail....
Tagged: Search and Rescue
Qinetiq reviews Bristow SAR contract
A recent independent review by British defence company Qinetiq has praised the transition of the UK’s search and rescue helicopter (SARH) services to the civil market as “successful”. In 2012, the UK Government put...
Coastguard introduces AW189 to Prestwick
HM Coastguard Search and Rescue (SAR) has introduced two new AgustaWestland 189s at its Prestwick base. The AW189s are outfitted in a SAR configuration and feature the red and white coastguard livery. The list...
Beijing 999 gets first H145 for Chinese SAR
Beijing 999 Emergency Rescue Centre, a subsidiary of Beijing Red Cross Foundation, has agreed to purchase one Airbus H145 to be used for emergency medical and search and rescue (SAR) operations. The helicopter is...
HM Coastguard operating New AW189 SAR.
The HM Coastguard search and rescue has started flying the new Leonardo AW189 helicopter for SAR operations. The helicopter will be operated out of the Lee-On-Solent helicopter base by Bristow on behalf of the...
Erickson and Kestrel get $24 million contract extension in Australia
Erickson Incorporated and their Australian partner Kestrel Aviation Ltd have been awarded a two-year contract extension to provide wildland firefighting helicopter services in Australia. The extension is for six S-64E Aircrane helicopters to be...
Bristow assists Louisiana floods rescue efforts
Bristow has supported helicopter rescue efforts for Louisiana residents affected by flooding in the areas surrounding Livingston and East Baton Rouge. Bristow teams from bases at Galliano and New Iberia quickly mobilized the company’s...
Two Bear Air Rescue orders new MD 530F
Two Bear Air Rescue based in Whitefish, Montana has ordered a new MD 530F. The custom MD 530F will perform a variety of missions in support of search and rescue teams in Flathead County...
EASA certifies SAR version of AW189
AgustaWestland has achieved EASA certification for the Search and Rescue variant of the AW189. This certificate paves the way for the delivery of aircraft for the UK search and rescue programme. ALSO READ: Milestone...
George Osbourne boosts UK air ambulances
Air ambulance operators in England will receive funding gathered from fines paid banks involved in the Libor scandal. In today’s Autumn Statement 2014, George Osborne, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, said: “Thanks to...