East Midlands Air Support Unit

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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]

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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 the woodland opposite, killing one member of the 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.

EC135 - G-EMID G-EMID in flight..jpg
EC135 - G-EMID

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References

  1. 1 2 "East Midlands Air Support Unit". Website of East Midlands Air Support Unit. East Midlands Air Support Unit. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  2. 1 2 "East Midlands Air Support Unit". Website of Leicestershire Constabulary. Leicestershire Constabulary. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  3. ↑ "Public Service Aviation". Aeroflight.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "National Police Collaboration Agreement" (PDF). National Police Air Service. 16 May 2013. p. 108. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "AAIB Accident Report" (PDF). Air Accident Investigation Branch. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "AAIB Bulletin" (PDF). Air Accidents Investigation Branch. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
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