Welcome to a new helicopter on the south coast...
A
brand new search and rescue helicopter will soon be appearing on the south
coast.
The
new £20 million AW189, painted in red and white HM Coastguard colours, is the
first of two AW189s that will operate from the Coastguard base at
Lee-on-Solent.
It’s
expected to arrive soon and will spend the next few months flying in the area
on training missions before it starts operational duties from April 2017.
Search
and rescue work will, in the meantime, continue to be fulfilled from
Lee-on-Solent by the Coastguard AW139s.