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Checks carried out on Scottish air ambulances after rotor crack | |
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Daily inspections are being carried out on Scotland's helicopter air ambulance fleet following concerns about their safety. | Daily inspections are being carried out on Scotland's helicopter air ambulance fleet following concerns about their safety. |
The aircraft manufacturer, Eurocopter, has been ordered to establish the cause of a crack found on the main rotor of a Scottish air ambulance. | |
About 1,000 EC135 models worldwide are being inspected for the problem. | |
The Scottish Air Ambulance Service has two of the helicopters based at Inverness and Glasgow. | |
The European Aviation Safety Agency has ordered the safety inspections each day while the fault is being investigated. | |
A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service: "We were notified at once of this issue by the aircraft's operator, Bond Air Services. | |
"The part was replaced immediately and Bond are carrying out detailed daily inspections of the aircraft in line with the EASA directive. | |
"The safety of both patients and air crew is absolutely paramount and we would not allow them to fly if there was the least doubt about airworthiness." | |
He added: "Bond is working closely with Eurocopter on this issue and is assured that the aircraft remain safe and serviceable." | |
Bond Air Services said it was doing everything to comply with the new safety orders, and that its helicopters met the highest safety standards. |
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