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

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 woodland opposite, killing one member of 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

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. "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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