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Aircraft:SE-JUSPhoto date:Type:13 Aug, 2006Operator:Photo views:Location:1093Photo by:Northern Sweden’s primary EMS helicopter, Lifeguard 998, was captured by Mr Rickard Sundkvist as it was leaving a patient at the Sunderbyn Hospital that is situated between Luleå and Boden.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/475 -
Aircraft:SE-JUSPhoto date:Type:21 Mar, 2017Operator:Photo views:Location:1810Photo by:Leaving Gothenburg after a few years on the ground, headed for a flight technical school in Ronneby, Sweden.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/7190 -
Aircraft:SE-JUSPhoto date:Type:13 Nov, 2013Operator:Photo views:Location:1942Photo by:Gothenburg's backup EMS helicopter, operated by Norrlandsflyg Ambulans.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/5730 -
Aircraft:SE-JUSPhoto date:Type:13 Nov, 2013Operator:Photo views:Location:2481Photo by:Gothenburg's backup EMS helicopter, operated by Norrlandsflyg Ambulans.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/5731 -
Aircraft:SE-JUSPhoto date:Type:3 Aug, 2012Operator:Photo views:Location:3184Photo by:"Lifeguard" just landed in a parking lot outside Dingle in order to reload a patient from the ordinary ambulance.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/4972 -
Aircraft:SE-JUS (Lifeguard 998)Photo date:Type:5 May, 2009Operator:Photo views:Location:1816Photo by:A dog is inspecting the helicopter that has come to help his master who had an accident.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/2222 -
Aircraft:SE-JUS (Lifeguard 998)Photo date:Type:13 Apr, 2009Operator:Photo views:Location:1683Photo by:Touching down for an inter-hospital transport from the nursing centre in Pajala and the hospital in Gällivare.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/2407 -
Aircraft:SE-JUS (Lifeguard 998)Photo date:Type:11 Apr, 2009Operator:Photo views:Location:2096Photo by:Standing at the Skiresort in Riksgränsen waiting for the medical crew to return with the patient. Pilots Calle Mayer and Niclas Gasslander is waiting by the helicopter.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/2221 -
Aircraft:SE-JUSPhoto date:Type:17 Aug, 2006Operator:Photo views:Location:2032Photo by:Lifeguard 998 awaiting it's next emergency call.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/162 -
Aircraft:SE-JUSPhoto date:Type:17 Aug, 2006Operator:Photo views:Location:1319Photo by:Photo taken after midnight outside with the cockpit and it's systems lightened up.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/178 -
Aircraft:SE-JUSPhoto date:Type:17 Aug, 2006Operator:Photo views:Location:929Photo by:In alert as EMS helicopter 'Lifeguard 998' at Norrlandsflyg's base in Gällivare.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/367 -
Aircraft:SE-JUSPhoto date:Type:31 Jul, 2006Operator:Photo views:Location:1127Photo by:This image was shot during an EMS mission at Vassijaure in the most northern parts of Sweden. The aircraft operates in these kids of magnificent sceneries all days long. It’s based in Gällivare and replies to both PRIO 1 emergency calls and sophisticated inter-hospital transports throughout large parts of northern Sweden. The helicopter, known as Lifeguard 998, carries a crew of four; two pilots, one anaesthetic doctor and one anaesthetic nurse.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/887 -
Aircraft:SE-JUSPhoto date:Type:28 Jul, 2006Operator:Photo views:Location:875Photo by:Parked outside the hangar on this sunny day.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/169 -
Aircraft:SE-JUS (Lifeguard 998)Photo date:Type:28 Jul, 2006Operator:Photo views:Location:2836Photo by:The cockpit of SE-JUS, standing outside the hangar on call.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/4096 -
Aircraft:SE-JUS (Lifeguard 998)Photo date:Type:16 Apr, 2006Operator:Photo views:Location:2201Photo by:There was a tragic event at the Riksgränsen Ski Resort in Sweden that led up to the dispatch of Lifeguard 998 and the doctor’s choice to go to the UNN Hospital in Tromsø, Norway. The Hurtigruten vessel MS Nordlys is visible in the background.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/3007 -
Aircraft:SE-JUSPhoto date:Type:21 Aug, 2005Operator:Photo views:Location:1215Photo by:Captain Patrik Johnsson is shutting down the helicopter during an ambulance mission at the Alesjaure cabins, between Kebnekaise and Abisko, approx 80 km north-west of Kiruna. Alesjaure sits along the 440 km long and well-known Kungsleden trail which extends from Abisko in north to Hemavan in south.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/451 -
Aircraft:SE-JUSPhoto date:Type:30 Jun, 2005Operator:Photo views:Location:973Photo by:Lifeguard making an rolling take-off this hot summer day, enroute to Gällivare hospital to pick up medical staff for an Prio 1 trauma somewhere in the county.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/172 -
Aircraft:SE-JUSPhoto date:Type:12 Aug, 2004Operator:Photo views:Location:1040Photo by:Sweden’s most northern based EMS helicopter awaits a patient next to the Kårsavagge Cabin, west of Abisko, a couple of metric miles east of the Norwegian border. The helicopter is based in Gällivare and replies to both PRIO 1 emergency calls and sophisticated inter-hospital transports throughout large parts of northern Sweden. The helicopter, known as Lifeguard 998, carries a crew of four; two pilots, one anaesthetic doctor and one anaesthetic nurse.
Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/888 -
Aircraft:SE-JUSPhoto date:Type:27 Jul, 2004Operator:Photo views:Location:1106Photo by:This image was shot during a mountain rescue operation at Kebnekaise, the highest mountain in Sweden (approx 2 100 meters MSL). Two 18 years old teenagers from Stockholm had been injured when falling in a slope on the southern part of the mountain. Kallax Flyg's Ecureuil (SE-HMM) was called in to bring the mountain rescue team from Kiruna and to get the girls down from the mountain. After a swift repositioning onto the EMS helicopter Lifeguard 998 (operated by Norrlandsflyg) the girls were flown to the hospital in Gällivare.
Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/626 -
Aircraft:SE-JUS (Lifeguard 998)Photo date:Type:30 Aug, 2003Operator:Photo views:Location:3104Photo by:The crew of Lifeguard 998 is preparing for departure after an emergency call.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/2664 -
Aircraft:SE-JUS (Lifeguard 998)Photo date:Type:23 May, 2003Operator:Photo views:Location:2377Photo by:The pilots in Lifeguard 998, seen on a local flight in Gällivare.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/4838 -
Aircraft:SE-JUSPhoto date:Type:ca. 2000Operator:Photo views:Location:983Photo by:Seen during an EMS mission at Peltsa in the uppermost northern parts of Sweden.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/877 -
Aircraft:SE-JUSPhoto date:Type:16 Nov, 1999Operator:Photo views:Location:1102Photo by:The delivery of Norrlandsflyg's new EMS helicopter at Kallax Airport in Luleå. The president of Norrlandsflyg, Monica Hedström, is seen tohether with her husband and the founder of Norrlandsflyg, Knut 'Knutte' Hedström.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JUS/874
SE-JUS
Information about SE-JUS
Aircraft Data
Reg: SE-JUS
S/N: 760172
Year: 1983
Type:
Last known operator:
History:
N80DT, VH-CPQ
Fate:
(retired)
Background
Norrlandsflyg was operating the emergency medical helicopter in Gällivare, and it had been utilizing the Sikorsky S-76 model since 1993. On 3 April 1999 the regional helicopter, SE-JES, was badly damaged in a non-fatal accident during an EMS mission northeast of Torneträsk. The company's backup helicopter, SE-JEZ, had to cover for the lost helicopter, but a new S-76 had to be purchase to replace SE-JES.
Norrlandsflyg purchased a 16 year old Australian S-76A. The helicopter was modified for EMS operations at Keystone Helicopter Corporation in the US, and it was given a blue paint scheme similar to that of SE-JES.
Arriving in Sweden
Moments prior to 16:00 on 16 November 1999 a Boeing 747 cargo airplane landed at Kallax Airport in Luleå, loaded with Norrlandsflygs new Sikorsky S-76A. The helicopter was put in service as "Lifeguard 998" in Gällivare in early 2000.
Gällivare
With a crew of four the helicopter responded to approx 400-500 emergency calls each year, all over northern Sweden. It operated in an environment where long distances, cold temperatures and isolated areas are common.
The EMS contract in Norrbotten was lost favor for Scandinavian MediCopter in 2010. The new operator started its activities with a Eurocopter Dauphin (LN-OLE, later SE-JIA) on 1 December the same year. SE-JUS was transferred to Norrlandsflyg's new main base in Gothenburg.
Gothenburg
On 1 November 2011 a new company called Norrlandsflyg Ambulans acquired Norrlandsflyg's EMS operation in Gothenburg. Norrlandsflyg was being acquired by the Swedish Maritime Administration, but the EMS segment was not included in the deal. The new company inherited the primary EMS helicopter in Gothenburg (SE-JUX) and this aircraft, SE-JUS. JUS took the role as a local backup helicopter for JUX, thereby replacing the previous backup helicopter SE-JUC.
The helicopter's airworthiness expired in November 2014.
On 1 July 2015 Svensk Luftambulans took over the operations of the emergency medical helicopter in Gothenburg from Norrlandsflyg Ambulans AB. The full staff and the existing Sikorsky S-76C+ (SE-JUX) were transferred to Svensk Luftambulans. The backup S-76 (SE-JUS) remained with Norrlandsflyg Ambulans.
Retirement
SE-JUS was sold to a flight technical school in Ronneby, Sweden, in March 2017. The helicopter will be used as a technical trainer, much like its sister ships SE-JUC and SE-JEZ in Luleå.
