Midlands Air Ambulance buying new £4.5m helicopter
The Shropshire-based Midlands Air Ambulance is buying a new £4.5 million helicopter to allow it to respond to night-time incidents for the first time, it was revealed today.
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One of the charity's three aircraft will be replaced and kitted out with new equipment as part of plans costing an extra £1.6m a year. It will be used from September 2013, when the charity will begin its full night-time flying service.
The charity, which is celebrating its 21st anniversary, currently only carries out operations in daylight. But this new aircraft will enable staff to respond 24 hours a day.
It is likely to be kept at RAF Cosford, where many of the fleet's doctors are based.
