Aero Asahi

朝日航洋株式会社 (Aero Asahi, asahikouyoukabushikigaisha) is a Japanese aviation company. It has a fleet of fixed wing aircraft and helicopters and provides a variety of aviation services.[1] It is the largest helicopter operator in Japan.[2]

Aero Asahi
Native name
朝日航洋
FoundedJuly 20, 1955
Number of employees
1,179 (April 1, 2014)
Websitehttps://www.aeroasahi.co.jp/english/

Doctor-Heli

The company's helicopters provide some Air medical services for Japan's "Doctor-Heli" Emergency Medical Services network. In 2015 it celebrated 10,000 medical missions performed by Aero Asahi MD 902 helicopters for Hokusho hospital in Chiba prefecture.[3]

Accidents and incidents

In August 1985 a Bell 412 operated by the company crashed in China with four fatalities.[4]

In May 1989 a second Bell 412 operated by the company crashed in China with ten fatalities.[5]

In August 1990 a Sikorsky S-76 operated by the company crashed with the loss of two crew.[6]

In September 1998 a Eurocopter AS350B3 operated by the company crashed with one fatality.[7]

In 2004 a McDonnell Douglas MD 900 Explorer operated by the company made a crash-landing at Naval Air Facility Atsugi. There were no fatalities.[8][9]

In September 2010 an Aérospatiale AS 332L Super Puma helicopter operated by the company crashed on Yakushima with the deaths of the two crew.[10][11]

In September 2013 an Aero Asahi helicopter flew over a runway at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, causing an ANA airliner to abort a landing and come around again.[12]

In March 2016 an Aero Asahi Aérospatiale AS 332L1 Super Puma helicopter dropped 800 kg of insulators in Fukui prefecture. There were no injuries.[13][14][15]

In August 2016 a Kawasaki BK 117C-2 operated by the company crash-landed on the way to pick up a traffic accident victim for medical care. There were no injuries in the crash, but the victim of the traffic accident died.[16][17]

Helicopter fleet

Fixed-wing fleet

References
  1. Aero Toyota Global - Asahi Corporation Retrieved February 28, 2017
  2. Matsutani, Minoru New Narita-Tokyo copter service targets rich, famous March 14, 2009 Japan Times Retrieved February 28, 2017
  3. AERO-ASAHI CORPORATION & CHIBA HOKUSHOH HOSPITAL ACHIEVE 10,000 HEMS MISSIONS EXCLUSIVELY BY MD 902 EXPLORER July 7, 2015
  4. ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 45318 Date: 09-AUG-1985 Aviation Safety Network Retrieved February 28, 2017
  5. ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 45318 Date: 05-MAY-1989 Aviation Safety Network Retrieved February 28, 2017
  6. SN Wikibase Occurrence # 40505 Date: 01-AUG-1990 Aviation Safety Network Retrieved February 28, 2017
  7. ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 33344 Date: 12-SEP-1998 Aviation Safety Network Retrieved February 28, 2017
  8. ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58524 Date: 14-SEP-2004 Aviation Safety Network Retrieved February 28, 2017
  9. AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT January 26, 2007 Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Retrieved February 28, 2017
  10. Yakushima copter crash kills two September 27, 2010 Japan Times Retrieved February 28, 2017
  11. ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 77945 Date: 26-SEP-2010 Aviation Safety Network Retrieved February 28, 2017
  12. Helicopter flies over runway in Osaka, delaying passenger plane landing September 11, 2013 Japan Today Retrieved February 28, 2017
  13. Kepco site-bound chopper accidentally drops 800 kg of insulators over Fukui town; no injuries March 2, 2016 Japan Times Retrieved February 28, 2017
  14. ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 185378 01-MAR-2016 Aviation Safety Network Retrieved February 28, 2017
  15. Chopper drops 800 kg box on mountain in town hosting nuclear plant March 2, 2016 Mainichi Shimbun Retrieved February 28, 2017
  16. ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189155 Date: 08-AUG-2016 Aviation Safety Network Retrieved February 28, 2017
  17. Thompson, Paul Doctor-Heli Network J-HangarSpace Retrieved February 28, 2017
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