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The current H&IOW Air Ambulance - G-HIOW - an Airbus H135 Past Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, pictured at Thruxton Airfield, Hampshire The former Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, pictured at Victoria Park, Newbury. The current helicopter is a twin-engined Airbus H135, [7] a type often utilised as an air ambulance. It is ...
Isle of Wight Radio began reporting on what it described as an attempted hijacking around midday, and Hampshire Constabulary acknowledged an "ongoing incident". [2] By 3:45 pm, Coastguard helicopters were circling over the ship. [2]
In 1951 Saunders-Roe took over the interests of the Cierva Autogiro Company at Eastleigh including the Skeeter helicopter project. In September 1952 the company comprised: Saunders-Roe Ltd. with a Head Office in Osborne, East Cowes, Isle of Wight (I.O.W.) with works at Columbine I.O.W. and Southampton Airport.
Three people have been rescued from a flooded fishing boat after it got into difficulty south of Mull. A coastguard helicopter from Prestwick, two RNLI lifeboats from Oban and Islay and a CalMac ...
This is a list of accidents and incidents involving the Westland Sea King helicopter, a British license-built and developed version of the American Sikorsky Sea King anti-submarine and utility helicopter, [1] As of 2012, Westland Sea Kings have been involved in forty-six significant accidents and incidents, involving forty-eight aircraft, during their service career.
ACC Wright later described how the Isle of Wight became a 'mini Alcatraz', with the prisoners escaping the prison, but still being stuck on the island. However, ACC Wright knew that despite this, it would still be searching for a needle within a haystack. [4] [5] A code phrase was issued, alerting officers to go to their nearest police station.
Emergency air ambulances are generally helicopter based, and used to respond to medical emergencies in support of local ambulance services. In England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, all of these services are charitably funded, and either directly owned by the charity, or operated under contract with a private provider. [3]
The air ambulance service began in 1994 with the leased Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil helicopter G-NAAS. [19] MBB Bo 105 helicopters were operated from 2003, and an MD 902 from 2006. 2006 also saw the introduction of the first Dauphin helicopter, G-HEMS. In 2010, the charity consolidated around a fleet of three Dauphin N2 helicopters, which were ...