Aero Asahi

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/

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]

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 in Hakone with the loss of two crew.[6]

In September 1998 a Eurocopter AS350B3 operated by the company crashed in Nagano Prefecture 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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