Heli-One To Modify Helicopters for Arctic Search and Rescue Ops

Heli-One was awarded a contract yesterday to upgrade and modify two Eurocopter AS332L1s that will enable Lufttransport to perform all-weather search-and-rescue (AWSAR) missions in the Arctic. Next year Lufttransport will become responsible for operating the most northerly AWSAR operation in the world (at 78 degrees north) from a base in Svalbard, Norway. The two AS332L1s are undergoing an “essential modification program” to be able to operate in the “most dangerous and challenging areas on earth,” the companies said. Heli-One is a division of CHC Helicopter, which operates the largest network of SAR services in the world.