British military takes risk to aid Canadian

Military | 206797 hits | Oct 01 11:34 pm | Posted by: Hyack

A British military search and rescue helicopter made a dangerous long-distance flight over the North Atlantic on Wednesday to provide urgent medical transport to a Canadian navy sailor injured at sea.

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by martin14
Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:31 am
Nice job, thanks for the assist.
by OldChum
Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:32 am
Yes nice to know you have your back covered, when your along way from home .
by leewgrant
Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:10 pm
It's happened before. They came to the rescue of a Canadian submarine. That was off Ireland too.
by OldChum
Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:14 pm
Maybe we should stay away from there.
by ShepherdsDog
Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:25 pm
This sort of aid is the norm.
by saturn_656
Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:19 pm
What I want to know is this; the Sea King is, according to the CF, an integral part of the Halifax class frigate weapons system.

Why was one not aboard? None available? All in pieces? Not enough duct tape?
by EyeBrock
Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:24 pm
If you read the article it says that the frigates are mid refit for the Cyclones and the hangars are currently U/S.
by saturn_656
Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:30 pm
"EyeBrock" said
If you read the article it says that the frigates are mid refit for the Cyclones and the hangars are currently U/S.

Don't refits take place in a dock?

EDIT: NVM, I get it.

I do find it rather "stupid" to have a ship refit for a helicopter we do not yet have rendering it unable to carry the aircraft we do have in inventory.

My POV is we should have had a helicopter onboard to carry the sailor, if not to shore to another ship.

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