waypoint airmed and rescue 2012 airshow | conference | exhibition - click here for full details

Firefighters

Firefighters

World watches Vigili del Fuoco cruise ship hoist

News media around the world have relayed the images of a Vigili del Fuoco helicopter hoisting an injured crewman from the MS Costa Concordia, after it ran aground, sparking an evacuation and ongoing controversy.

Mourners gather for funeral of pilot de Ridder

A funeral held for de Ridder at Bay of Islands Airport was attended by more than 1,000 mourners. He was killed along with a Department of Conservation ranger in a helicopter crash on 30 November as they were responding to a call to help evacuate residents trapped by a forest fire on the Karikari Peninsula, New Zealand.

Fatal Faasa helicopter crash kills three

A helicopter operated by Faasa Aviación crashed in the morning of 18 September while on a positioning flight from Córdoba to Almería, resulting in the deaths of all three people onboard.

Carson speaks out against NTSB

Carson Helicopters has hit back against elements of the US National Transportation Safety Board’s analysis of the crash of an S-61N helicopter in August 2008, saying that the Board has ignored testimony ‘in favour of supposition’. 

Fire helicopter crash injures three

A Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department helicopter crashed in fog recently, injuring the three personnel onboard. The helicopter is believed to have been monitoring traffic on the East Coast Expressway when the accident occurred.