Poland
Polish HEMS was (is) flying 109 (just one) since years, nevertheless
the recent tender for the whole fleet was won by Eurocopter.
Agusta protested in court, but failed.
Generally the main argument was the impossibility to do CPR in 109 in flight.
(as already mentioned above)
The speed advantage of 109 in the country the size of Poland
was irrelevant, on any usual mission you can win only 5 to 10 minutes against 135.
And don't forget, that the paramedics and docs were used to Mi-2, still the
main HEMS helicopter in Poland, cabin of which is huge compared
even to the 135, not speaking about 109.
Last edited by Ptkay; 27th August 2008 at 09:09.