Christoph 29

Christoph 29 D-HZSD
Christoph 29 in the hangar
Air rescue center data
Operator:	Federal Police
Carrier:	Federal Ministry of the Interior
Helicopter type:	Airbus Helicopters EC135 T2i
Former LFZ *:	until 2006: Bell UH-1D until 2007: Bell 212
Installation:	July 16, 1973
Location:	Federal Armed Forces Hospital Hamburg Lesserstraße 180 22049 Hamburg
Coordinates:	53 ° 35 '47.6 "  N , 10 ° 4' 40"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 35 '47.6 "  N , 10 ° 4' 40"  E
crew
Pilot:	Federal Police
Doctor:	Bundeswehr hospital
HEMS Technical Crew Member :	Bundeswehr hospital
* LFZ = aircraft

Christoph 29 is a civil defense helicopter of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, which was made available for air rescue in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. It is flown by pilots from the Fuhlendorf Federal Police Fliegerstaffel. The Eurocopter EC 135 helicopter is stationed at the Bundeswehr Hospital in Hamburg.

history

For the first time, on July 16, 1973, on the initiative of the former Hamburg Senator for the Interior, Helmut Schmidt , a rescue helicopter was put into service by the Bundeswehr with the nickname Florian Hamburg rescue helicopter for the civil rescue service. The nickname was later changed to SAR Hamburg 71 . With the takeover of the helicopter by the Federal Police on January 19, 2006, the radio call name was changed to Christoph 29 .

Accident in 2002

On March 14, 2002, the then SAR71-1 of the Bundeswehr was on its way to an operation at 9:22 a.m. After the abort by the rescue control center, the pilot initiated a reversing maneuver, during which he went into an almost vertical climb and the aircraft completely lost its airspeed. The subsequent descent caused the main rotor blades to impact parts of the aircraft cell, causing the helicopter to crash over Hamburg-Hummelsbüttel . All five crew members were killed.

During the autopsy of the pilot, a blood alcohol concentration of 1.5 per mille was found. Technical causes or misconduct by third parties could not be found. The Bundeswehr's initial secrecy sparked media criticism and doubts about the cause of the accident. However, the authorities are convinced that the driver's alcoholism alone was the cause of the accident.

Bet numbers

Every year Christoph 29 flies around 1,800 missions and thus ranks first among the rescue helicopters of the 12 air rescue centers of the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief (as of 2013).
In 2013, the only civil rescue helicopter in Germany, manned exclusively by official institutions, completed 1,858 missions.

year	Bet number
2006	2058
2007	2066
2008	2605
2009	2404
2010	1910
2011	1986
2012	1941
2013	1858
2014	1716
2015	1925
2016	1677
2017	1629
2018	1597

Support association

In 2009, the Association for the Air Rescue Center Christoph 29 Hamburg e. V. founded. Its aim is to support the rescue center of the Bundeswehr Hospital Hamburg with donations, including the civil defense helicopter Christoph 29.

literature

• Dr. med. Thomas Samek: The rescue pilots: SAR 71 from Florian Hamburg, come! , Freiburg im Breisgau, 2007. ISBN 978-3-88255-894-4

Television series

The Bell UH-1D helicopter, which was in use until 2006, gained nationwide fame through the ZDF series Die Rettungsflieger .

photos

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  SAR HH 71 (2004)

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  SAR HH 71 (2005)

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  Christoph 29 (2006)

Web links

Commons : Christoph 29 (air ambulance)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Friends of the Air Rescue Center Christoph 29 Hamburg e. V.
• Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance | Civil defense helicopter - Christoph 29 Hamburg
• Christoph 29 on rth.info

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The "SAR Hamburg 71" will be retired after 32 years. mopo.de, January 12, 2006, accessed on March 6, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Former rescue helicopter "SAR Hamburg 71" - since January 19, 2006 "Christoph 29". luftrettung-hamburg.de, accessed on February 28, 2012 . 
3. ↑ VG Koblenz: Helicopter crash not an accident at work - judgments based on the hearing on September 9, 2004 - 2 K 306 / 04.KO, 2 K 307 / 04.KO, 2 K 308 / 04.KO. (No longer available online.) Press office of the Koblenz Administrative Court, September 28, 2004, formerly the original ; Retrieved June 13, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
4. ↑ Rescue helicopter crashed - five dead. spiegel.de, March 14, 2002, accessed on February 28, 2012 . 
5. ↑ Christian Denso: SAR 71: What is concealed? Abendblatt.de, February 8, 2003, accessed on February 28, 2012 (access is chargeable). 
6. ↑ Christian Denso: Nothing remains secret. Abendblatt.de, February 8, 2003, accessed on February 28, 2012 (access is chargeable). 
7. ^ OVG: Helicopter crash was not an accident at work - decisions based on the consultation of March 18, 2005, AZ 10 A 11915 / 04.OVG, 10 A 11916 / 04.OVG and 10 A 11917 / 04.OVG. (No longer available online.) Press office of the Higher Administrative Court of Rhineland-Palatinate, March 23, 2005, formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 13, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
8. ↑ Civil defense helicopters in the air rescue service - balance sheet 2013. Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Aid (BBK), January 27, 2014, accessed on August 24, 2014 . 
9. ↑ Operation figures of the air rescue. rth.info, accessed September 26, 2015 (undated).