East Midlands Air Support Unit

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 operates a Eurocopter EC135[1][2] from Sulby, near Welford in Northamptonshire.[3]

It has now been absorbed by the National Police Air Service.

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.[4] 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.[5] The units final aircraft before its absorption into NPAS was G-EMID, an EC135 P2+ which remains in service with the successor national organisation.

EC135 - G-EMID

See also

References
  1. "East Midlands Air Support Unit". Website of East Midlands Air Support Unit. East Midlands Air Support Unit. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  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. "AAIB Accident Report" (PDF). Air Accident Investigation Branch. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  5. "AAIB Bulletin" (PDF). Air Accidents Investigation Branch. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
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