Emergency medical services operator Stat MedEvac has added a Bell 430 helicopter to its formerly exclusively Eurocopter fleet. The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based company took delivery of its first Bell 430 last week, which will be based at Stat MedEvac's Clearfield airport base, 130km (80 miles) northeast of Pittsburgh. The 430 replaces a Eurocopter BK117 and joins a fleet of four EC135s, five additional BK117s, a Dauphin and three fixed-wing aircraft.
Source: Flight International
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CHC Helikopter Service is to deploy six helicopters – including three on-order Leonardo AW189s – to support a new offshore contract with Aker BP in Norway.
Leonardo is facing a £2.15 billion ($2.63 billion) damages claim from the family of King Power Group founder and chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha who was killed alongside four others when his AW169 helicopter crashed in the UK shortly after take-off due to a tail rotor failure.
