朝日航洋株式会社 (Aero Asahi, asahikouyoukabushikigaisha) is a Japanese aviation company. It has a fleet of fixed wing aircraft and helicopters and provides a variety of aviation services.[1] It is the largest helicopter operator in Japan.[2]
Doctor-Heli
The company's helicopters provide some
Air medical services for Japan's "Doctor-Heli" Emergency Medical Services network. In 2015 it celebrated 10,000 medical missions performed by Aero Asahi
MD 902 helicopters for Hokusho hospital in Chiba prefecture.[3]
Accidents and incidents
In August 1985 a
Bell 412 operated by the company crashed in China with four fatalities.[4]
In May 1989 a second
Bell 412 operated by the company crashed in China with ten fatalities.[5]
In August 1990 a
Sikorsky S-76 operated by the company crashed with the loss of two crew.[6]
In September 1998 a
Eurocopter AS350B3 operated by the company crashed with one fatality.[7]
In September 2013 an Aero Asahi helicopter flew over a runway at
Kansai International Airport in Osaka, causing an
ANA airliner to abort a landing and come around again.[12]
In August 2016 a
Kawasaki BK 117C-2 operated by the company crash-landed on the way to pick up a traffic accident victim for medical care. There were no injuries in the crash, but the victim of the traffic accident died.[16][17]