Sadly to me to write here, that one of the last single engine EMS helicopters in Germany chrashed tonight. The pilot died in the wreckage. A/c was backtracking to the base without patient. The AS 350 was operated under the note to Appendix 1 to JAR-OPS 3.005(d) " The Authority is empowered to decide which operation is a HEMS operation in the sense of this Appendix." In this federal country it's possible to operate the last single engine helicopters in this business in Germany.
The local CAA approved day operations as interhospital flights.
Of course i've no further informations at the moment available. The a/c is totally destroyed, debris is found on an area more than 300m away. The weather was difficult 400-600ft cloudbase, snow, limited visibility. Other operators canceled missions in this area before the crash. Must be in the last twilight time or it was already dark.
