Christoph 1

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Christoph 1
Christoph 1

Air rescue center data
Operator: ADAC Air Rescue , Munich
Carrier: Rescue Association Munich
Helicopter type: Airbus Helicopters H145 (EC145 T2)
Former LFZ *: until early 1980s: Bölkow Bo 105
until 2015: MBB / Kawasaki BK 117
Installation: November 1, 1970
Location: Municipal Clinic Munich GmbH, Munich-Harlaching Hospital, Sanatoriumsplatz 2, 81545 Munich
Operational readiness: Sunrise to sunset
Particularities: Rescue winch
Coordinates: 48 ° 5 '0.7 "  N , 11 ° 33' 35.9"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 5 '0.7 "  N , 11 ° 33' 35.9"  E
Height: 1841 ft
crew
Pilot: ADAC Air Rescue , Munich
Doctor: Municipal Hospital Munich-Harlaching
HEMS Technical Crew Member : Professional fire brigade Munich
* LFZ = aircraft

Christoph 1 is the rescue helicopter stationed at the Harlaching Clinic in Munich , which was put into service on November 1, 1970 as the first civil rescue helicopter in the Federal Republic of Germany.

The operator is ADAC-Luftrettung GmbH in Munich, which also provides pilots and on-board technicians, the carrier is the Rescue Service Association Munich. The flying emergency doctors are surgeons , anesthetists and internists from the Harlaching Clinic, the paramedics / paramedics come from the Munich fire brigade . The responsible rescue control center is the Integrated Control Center in Munich .

history

At the end of the 1960s, the surgeon Hans Burghart of the Munich-Harlaching Municipal Hospital (today: Harlaching Clinic ) developed together with the ADAC , under the leadership of the then ADAC Vice President Franz Stadler and Gerhard Kugler (ADAC e.V., Accident Rescue Department), a concept to improve the rescue chain by adding air rescue vehicles . First, the ADAC chartered a Bell 206B Jet Ranger helicopter with the radio call name Kolibri from June 13 to October 6, 1968 with stationing in Munich-Riem and from December 20 to January 7, 1969 with stationing in the Klinikum rechts der Isar and sat on a trial basis for missions around Munich. A third test phase ran in the summer of 1969.

The crew only consisted of a pilot and an ambulance because of the limited space. As a result of the test runs, a Bölkow Bo 105 with the radio call name Christoph 1 was founded on November 1, 1970, the first official civil air rescue base located at the municipal hospital in Munich-Harlaching , which should prove to be trend-setting for air rescue in Germany and abroad. The christening by Federal Transport Minister Georg Leber and ADAC Vice President Franz Stadler took place on September 29, 1970 in the English Garden in Munich.

The radio call name was "Rotkreuz Bayern 4" in the beginning; the radio station in the Munich-Harlaching hospital "Rotkreuz Bayern 5". The crew includes a doctor from the hospital, an ADAC pilot and a paramedic. From January 1975 to February 2, 1984 pilots and on-board technicians were provided by the Federal Border Police. During this period, the old Bo 105 flight type was exchanged for the first MBB / Kawasaki BK 117 rescue helicopter . In 1995 the rescue helicopter was also equipped with a rescue winch.

On January 1, 2010, the occupation of the RTH with paramedics was put out to tender, the professional fire brigade Munich replaced its previous partner, the Munich district association of the Bavarian Red Cross . To this end, five paramedic positions have been created within the professional fire brigade.

Incidents

  • On August 17, 1971, Christoph 1 crashed during an emergency mission when his tail rotor touched an obstacle while approaching the deployment site in Munich- Allach . The ambulance died while the pilot and paramedic were seriously injured.
    Christoph 1, memorial stones
    Christoph 1, memorial stones and plaques, Munich-Harlaching, 2010
  • As a result of the main rotor touching a maypole, it crashed on October 2, 1975 in Arget . The emergency doctor and the paramedic died at the scene of the accident, and the pilot died a week later. In 2010 the Förderverein Christoph 1 e. V. a memorial in the form of a bronze plaque.
  • On December 19, 2003, Christoph 1 was badly damaged during a mission when he collided with a traffic sign on landing. The uninjured crew then took care of the patient and had to be driven to their base by the fire brigade.

miscellaneous

The name Christoph goes back to St. Christopher , the patron saint of travelers. After him, the German "public service" rescue helicopters usually have the BOS radio call name Christoph , followed by a number for rescue helicopters and a description of the location for intensive care transport helicopters . The uniform numbering with location was determined by decree of the Federal Ministry of the Interior of April 8, 1976. From around 2009, this systematic will be deviated from in some federal states.

In addition to the rescue helicopter Christoph 1, there is also an intensive care transport helicopter stationed in Munich , which is called Christoph Munich . This is located at the University of Munich Hospital .

Web links

Commons : Christoph 1 (air ambulance)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Story of Christoph 1. Retrieved on September 14, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Gerhard Kugler: ADACOPTER-2. Memories. W. Wolfsfellner MedVlg, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-933266-62-0 , p. 51 .
  3. ↑ rth.info/news/news.php?id=900 .
  4. ↑ Wölfl / Matthes: Accident rescue, p. 3
  5. ↑ Article in the Münchner Wochenanzeiger , August 3, 2010
  6. ↑ Isar-Loisach-Bote: Helicopter explodes . 3rd October 1975
  7. ↑ Article in merkur-online.de .
  8. ↑ Michael White, Patrik Kalinowski: Christoph 1 involved in an accident. In: rth.info. December 19, 2003, accessed December 21, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Gerhard Kugler: ADACOPTER. Records of a development . Wolfsfellner Medizinverl., Munich 2002, ISBN 3-933266-77-7 , pp. 15-31 .