Air Ambulances in the United Kingdom

List of air ambulances

The following is a list of Air Ambulances in the United Kingdom and the area they cover where that is not obvious from the title
* East Anglian Air Ambulance - Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and has now expanded to cover Bedfordshire [http://www.angliaone.org.uk]
* Cornwall Air Ambulance
* County Air Ambulance - West Midlands, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire
* Devon Air Ambulance Trust
* Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance
* Essex Air Ambulance (may expand to cover Hertfordshire)
* Great North Air Ambulance - North East England and Cumbria.
* Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance
* Kent Air Ambulance
* Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance
* Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance
* London Air Ambulance
* North West Air Ambulance - Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside
* Scottish Air Ambulance
* Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance
* Thames Valley Air Ambulance - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
* Wales Air Ambulance
* Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance
* Wiltshire Air Ambulance
* Yorkshire Air Ambulance

Incidents

On Sunday 26 July 1998 the three man crew of the Kent Air Ambulance died when the aircraft collided with power lines and crashed in a field in Burham near Rochester airport [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/139680.stm Helicopter crash kills three] BBC News, 27 July 1998] . Initial investigation established no cause for the crash, due to the fireball produced on impact. Controversy ensued when the pilot's employers, "Police Aviation Services", denied liability. On 19 February 2004, following a civil case brought by the pilot's widow to the High Court in Manchester, it ruled that the crash was caused by mechanical failure, not as suggested flying low for fun, and ordered compensation to be paid [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3504239.stm Air ambulance crash pilot cleared] BBC News, 19 February 2004] .

References

ee also

* Police Aviation in United Kingdom
* International SOS, Provider of air ambulance evacuation & repatriation services
* [http://www.ukemergencyaviation.co.uk UK Emergency Aviation] Air Ambulance Information & Gallery

External links

* [http://www.airambulancecharities.co.uk www.AirAmbulanceCharities.co.uk] - The Association of Air Ambulance Charities
* [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?airlinesearch=Scottish%20Ambulance%20Service&distinct_entry=true Airliners.net] Scottish Ambulance Service air wing photos