East Midlands Air Support Unit Explained

The East Midlands Air Support Unit was a joint consortium established to provide police aviation for Leicestershire Constabulary, Northamptonshire Police and Warwickshire Police.[1] [2] It was formed in April 1994 and operated a Eurocopter EC135[1] [2] from Sulby, near Welford in Northamptonshire.[3]

In October 2013, it was replaced by the National Police Air Service (NPAS).[4]

Aircraft

The unit began operations in 1994 using a Eurocopter AS355 Écureuil 2, G-EMAU. This served until 1998 when it crashed shortly after takeoff from the base into woodland opposite, killing one member of crew and injuring two others.[5] A year later the unit received a new aircraft, G-EMAS, a Eurocopter EC135 T1. This aircraft remained with the unit until 2007 when it was sold to the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service where it was re-registered VP-CPS.[6] The units final aircraft before its absorption into NPAS was G-EMID, an EC135 P2+ which transferred to NPAS.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: East Midlands Air Support Unit. Website of East Midlands Air Support Unit. East Midlands Air Support Unit. 5 April 2011.
  2. Web site: East Midlands Air Support Unit. Website of Leicestershire Constabulary. Leicestershire Constabulary. 5 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20101106081627/http://www.leics.police.uk/departments/9_operations/45_east_midlands_air_support_unit/. 6 November 2010. dead.
  3. Web site: Public Service Aviation. Aeroflight.co.uk. 5 April 2011.
  4. Web site: National Police Collaboration Agreement . National Police Air Service . 108 . 16 May 2013 . 28 April 2021.
  5. Web site: AAIB Accident Report. Air Accident Investigation Branch. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170204052253/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f0f9ed915d1374000351/dft_avsafety_pdf_500170.pdf . 4 February 2017 . 3 January 2020.
  6. Web site: AAIB Bulletin. Air Accidents Investigation Branch. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200103234815/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5de9185440f0b60881a07240/Eurocopter_EC135T1_VP-CPS_01-20.pdf . 3 January 2020 . 3 January 2020.

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