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the destroyed aircraft. The coating blocked the servo leading
the helicopter to lose its steer ability, concludes an interim
report by the Estonian board of inquiry. The final report about
the fatal crash is expected to be published within about two
months. Copterlines has issued a claim seeking millions of
euros in compensation from the helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky.
According to a Finnish newspaper report, the next kin of
the twelve passengers who died in the helicopter crash are
being paid considerable damages in an out-of-court settlement.
The phase Charlie of the fire-season in Portugal lasts from
1 July-30 September. The fire-fighting combat force during
this period includes 52 airplanes: twenty-eight mediumsize
utility helicopters, six heavy Kamov helicopters, fourteen utility
airplanes and four Canadair/Beriev water bombers.
The Government owned Empresa de Meios Aéreos SA (EMA)
On 30 March 2007, the 2007-built Eurocopter EC120 B Colibri c/n 1477 was registered F-HFLB with BNP Parisbas Lease Group,
Puteaux, operated by Conseils Logistique Production – C.L.P., Levallois Perret, France. Conseils Logistique Production, was
registered as owner on 11 June. The same day, the Colibri was transferred to Aero Management, London. The F-HFLB visited
Groningen Airport Eelde in the Netherlands twice on its route from/to Denmark on 29 July. The registration F-HFLB was cancelled
on 2 August. The Colibri was registered as G-DRLH with a private owner in the UK on 8 August 2007.
(Groningen-Eelde, 29 July 2007, Bert Visser)
Agusta 109C 7618 N199WP Rusco Co, Memphis (TE), cancelled on 2 August 2007: exported to Seychelles.
109E 11176 EI-DUN Barkisland (Development), Dublin, cancelled on 26 July 2007: exported to the USA.
109E 11710 G-WELY Titan Airways, Stansted, registered on 9 August 2007.
109S 22026 OY-HOO Avion, Copenhagen, temp.registered on 13 August 2007.
109S 22033 I-CESR Elibombardia, Calcinate del Pesce, registered on 30 May 2007.
119 14015 EC-KED FAASA Aviación, temp.registered in May 2007. Ex N119LF.
119 14031 EC-KDQ Heliduero, Valladolid, temp.registered in April 2007. Ex I-CLMF.
119 14047 EC-KEE FAASA Aviación, temp.registered in May 2007. Ex N929CV.
119 14048 EC-KEF FAASA Aviación, temp.registered in May 2007. Ex N325BC.
119 14520 EC-KEG FAASA Aviación, temp.registered in May 2007. Ex N119JA.
206B3 8732 G-CCBL Wilson Aviation, Chelmsford, registered as operator on 27 July 2007.
AW 139 31041 PH-SHL CHC Helicopters Netherlands, brought the new footballers of Feyenoord into Stadium
de Kuip in Rotterdam on 1 August 2007.
139 31089 EC-KHV Helisureste Helicópteros del Sureste, temp.registered in July 2007.
139 31099 PH-SHP CHC Helicopters Netherlands, Den Helder, registered on 13 August 2007. On 15
August delivered at Den Helder via Freiburg and a nightstop at Milan-Malpensa.
AS/SA/SE 315B 2505 HB-ZDG Heli Rezia / Rotor Gloor, Davide Bernasocchi, cancelled on 14 August 2007. DBR
after crash in the region of Arvigo on 10 July 2003.
316B 1630 F-ZBDE Sécurité Civile, noted at Paris Issy les Moulineaux on 24 June 2007.
316B 5377 SE-JFG HeliNord Norden, Arnäsvall, registered as owner on 17 July 2006.
330J 1454 D-HAXL Bundespolizei, sold to HELOG. On 10 July 2007, delivered at Salzburg Airport, in
basic green Bundespolizei colours, no titles.
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added for the fire-season four AS350B3 Ecureuil medium size
utility helicopters to their fleet of Kamov KA-32 helicopters. The
new Ecureuils are CS-HMG; CS-HMH; CS-HMI and CS-HMJ.
Next to its own fleet, EMA leases forty helicopters during the
fire-season.
The Spanish government announced that it is moving forward
with a plan to use speed camera-equipped helicopters in
major cities to issue speeding tickets. A Wescam MX15
forward-looking infrared camera takes close-up photographs
of the vehicle’s license plate while an airborne radar system
generates a speed estimate that appears on the video image.
In the near future, a fleet of speed camera-equipped helicopters
will issue speeding tickets from the sky in cities like
Madrid, Valencia and Sevilla. The system cannot be used in
court prosecutions until the Ministry of Industry issues the
expected paperwork declaring the system accurate.