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This EC 145 was officially ordered from Eurocopter at the American HeliExpo exhibition in Anaheim on 1st of February 2005. It was acquired in order to replace SOS Helikoptern Gotland’s BK 117 (SE-JUL) as an EMS helicopter on the island of Gotland. The EC 145, named SE-JJC, was imported to Sweden in late November 2005 and entered service by replacing the company’s BK 117 as “Medicopter One” in early December the same year. It became the second EC 145 in Scandinavia, after Norsk Luftambulanse’s EC 145 that entered service at the Norwegian Lørenskog base in November
The brand new EC 145 was painted in the European standard EMS colours, green and yellow, and carries titles that states “Ett tryggare Gotland”, which is Swedish for “A safer Gotland”.
The helicopter is certified for Single-Pilot-IFR as well as CAT A operations, and features a night-vision goggle compatible digital glass cockpit. It’s got a larger cabin than the BK 117 and has a slightly improved range.
It is mainly used for inter-hospital transports between the island of Gotland, in the Baltic Sea, and speciality hospitals on the mainland. It flies approx 300 missions a year, including a range of local emergency medical operations on the island and some incubator transports.
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