Christoph Lower Saxony

Christoph Lower Saxony D-HDSO
Christoph Lower Saxony (2017)
Air rescue center data
Operator:	DRF air rescue
Helicopter type:	Airbus Helicopters H145
Former LFZ *:	to 1996: Bell 222 to 2010: MD 900 to 2012: MBB / Kawasaki BK 117 to 2018: Eurocopter EC 145
Installation:	October 1, 1995
Location:	Hanover-Langenhagen Airport
Operational readiness:	24 hour standby
Particularities:	Intensive care transport helicopter
Coordinates:	52 ° 27 '42.7 "  N , 9 ° 41' 20.4"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 27 '42.7 "  N , 9 ° 41' 20.4"  E
crew
Pilot:	7 pilots of the HSD air rescue
Doctor:	Hannover Medical School , Klinikum Region Hannover
HEMS Technical Crew Member :	regional rescue service organizations
* LFZ = aircraft

Christoph Niedersachsen is a rescue helicopter of the DRF Luftrettung stationed at Hannover-Langenhagen Airport .

history

When the station went into service in 1995, a Bell 222 helicopter was used. A year later there was a change to the MD 900 . The modern helicopter type Eurocopter EC 145 (BK 117 C-2) has been in use since 2010 . An Airbus H 145 (BK 117 D-2) has been in service since April 30, 2018 .

Rescue center

The helicopter is mainly used for intensive care transports and if other rescue helicopters are unavailable, the nearest helicopter is alerted for emergency operations. The helicopter flew 951 missions in 2018. The pilots are provided by the DRF Luftrettung . The area of ​​operation mainly includes all of Lower Saxony .

Web links

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

• Christoph Niedersachsen at the DRF Luftrettung
• Christoph Murnau at rth.info
• Help from the air - these rescuers are flying for their lives , Schaumburg-Lippische Landes-Zeitung , August 3, 2009

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The future flies an H 145 in Hanover . In: DRF Luftrettung . ( drf-luftrettung.de [accessed on May 11, 2018]).
2. ↑ This is Hanover's new rescue helicopter , Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of May 11, 2018