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helicopter

Air ambulance and helicopters news are tagged here! Medevac, air medical rescue, alpine rescue, safety and military medical activity on rotary-wing aircraft.

Rescue Sabah Earhtquake

Fire and Rescue defends decision to not to send helicopters for Kinabalu trekkers KUNDASANG, June 7 — Fighting allegations of disorganised emergency response, the Sabah Fire and Rescue Department today insisted adverse weather and others…

Helicopter Crash in Nepal Killing 4 humanitarian workers

KATHMANDU, Nepal — A helicopter on a relief mission for the international aid agency Doctors Without Borders crashed in a district northeast of Kathmandu on Tuesday afternoon, killing four people on board. Relief and rescue operations in…

Airbus Helicopters in Emergency Medical Services

With more than 40 years of experience in Emergency Medical Service (EMS), Airbus Helicopters currently offers the widest and best adapted range of helicopters for EMS missions, leading that segment. Today every 4th EMS helicopter is…

Extreme Helicopter Riding: Italian Alpine rescue video

Extreme helicopter landing is ever spectacular image. But Italian one is better than others. Reporter Marco Petruzzelli had filmed an exercises for mountain rescue in Belluno. A pilot of the National Forestry Corps demontrate his ability,…

Sweden SAR, the SMA Helicopter Rescue in action

SOURCE NORDIC ROTORS - As the Swedish Armed Forces decided to close its helicopter activities in Stockholm and Gothenburg the need for a new civil SAR operator became evident. The search and rescue alert was threatened in the regions.…

Day in the life of a flight paramedic in RSA

Author: Robert McKenzie KZN Emergency Medical Services have a dedicated team of paramedics who are flight paramedics on the services air ambulance. The lifesaving service is responsible for saving hundreds of lives. I recently had the…