Police Aviation News April 2011

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German company Aerodata AG, who role equipped the MPA, teamed up with the aircraft's
manufacturer Hawker Beechcraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas, USA for the completion.
On delivery the King Air was marked D-IMPA. After training gets under way the aircraft
should start to carry its new marks AS1026 [possibly 1126].
EBF project includes a second MPA King Air aircraft, and it is co-financed with 75% of the
funds being EU sourced and the remaining 25% allocated from the Maltese Government, to
the tune of €19M.
You might think that with the close proximity of the near war situation in Libya that the never
ending stream of small boat migrants might be halted. Even at the height of the NATO
bombing Malta received reports of a boat leaving Libyan waters near Tripoli carrying around
300 migrants – believed to be Eritreans - being watched by NATO surface vessels as it
drifted north towards Lampedusa.
Meanwhile a separate, smaller, vessel thought to be carrying Tunisians had already made
landfall in Lampedusa at night joining thousands of others fleeing the combat areas.
UNITED KINGDOM
NATIONAL: Planned airspace security restrictions covering the London Olympic and
Paralympic Games for 2012 were announced last month by the UK Government, as part of
its commitment to deliver a safe and secure Games. The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA),
air traffic control provider, NATS, and the Ministry of Defence (MoD), will now work with the
aviation community through the Airspace & Safety Initiative* (ASI) to ensure the restrictions
are effectively implemented.