Christoph 16

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Christoph 16
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Christoph 16
Christoph 16

Air rescue center data
Operator: ADAC Luftrettung gGmbH
Helicopter type: Eurocopter EC 135
Former LFZ *: until June 30, 1996: BO 105
until 1999: BO 105
Installation: April 14, 1978
Location: Saarbrücken Clinic
Operational readiness: Saarland
Coordinates: 49 ° 13 '13.3 "  N , 6 ° 59' 59.9"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 13 '13.3 "  N , 6 ° 59' 59.9"  E
crew
Doctor: Saarbrücken Clinic
HEMS Technical Crew Member : DRK Saarland
* LFZ = aircraft

Christoph 16 is the name of the Saarland rescue helicopter that is stationed at the Winterberg Clinic in Saarbrücken .

history

Until June 30, 1996, the station was run by the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) and the Saarbrücken professional fire brigade with a Bölkow Bo 105 machine . On July 1, 1996, the ADAC took over the station in cooperation with the DRK Saarland, also with a Bo 105. A Eurocopter EC 135 machine has been flown since 1999 .

machine

Christoph 16 at a flight demonstration in Saarlouis, Saarland. In the background the Saarlouis town hall tower.

crew

Like most German rescue helicopters, the crew of Christoph 16 consists of three people:

The ADAC employs 3 pilots at the Saarbrücken air rescue station. The medical appointments are made by doctors from the Saarbrücken Clinic . The DRK Saarland provides the emergency paramedics who work as HEMS Technical Crew Members .

Medical equipment

operation area

Operations are mainly flown in Saarland , but also in parts of Rhineland-Palatinate and Luxembourg . Use in France is also legally possible, but is not claimed by the responsible French authorities.

Incidents

So far there have been only a few incidents. These include, for example, an engine dismantling with the destruction of the second engine during the take-off process at a deployment site with the BMI machine and a flight into an overhead line when approaching an emergency location with the Bo 105 of the ADAC. On Sunday, April 2nd, 2006, the helicopter pilot decided to make an emergency landing at Saarbrücken Airport in Ensheim due to a one-sided engine failure . Furthermore, it came in 2008 to an incident, the in which fenestron - tail rotor of the EC-135 caught when used in the trees, so the pilot an emergency landing initiated.

See also

Web links

Commons : Christoph 16 (air ambulance)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Christoph 16": Safety landing after engine failure, skverlag.de. Retrieved July 21, 2013.