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Are you a journalist, do you have a relative that is a journalist or are you just fishing?
As a CHC insider I will refute the claim. NSP has little, if any, Kapton wiring in it. The machine is more that 20 years old and it has had just about every part on it changed, rewired or modified. The claim by the uniformed and malicious few that the thing is full of kapton is a load of crap; a sad attempt to discredit CHC and NSP in particular. Even if it was full to the brim of Kapton, it has not burst into flames yet, so I think it will survive until July.
Yes, some operators have spent a fortune getting their aircraft rewired. One operator spent a reported $1,000,000 getting their aircraft rewired when the normal cost is about $250,000; that's what happens when you have more money that sense.
NSP has given five different operators an unequaled record of service. It was the first 412 in Australia to do EMS and SAR and the way the old girl is going it will probably be the last!