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Old 21st Jun 2010, 16:24
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Dave B
 
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No the company did not keep both the sliding doors, hinged doors for the left hand side were obtained from some Tornado damaged aircraft in the states. I never understood why, as in some circumstances they would have been handy. It was all to do with flight briefing cards and passenger loading etc.
There is an interesting story concerning one of the Air Ambulances. When they were delivered a Sikorsky rep. was demonstrating the equipment to the top surgeon in Amman, when he had a heart attack. The surgeon recognized the symptoms, got him into the aircraft, had him flown to the hospital, opened him up, and saved his life.
If it had happened anywhere else, the guy would most likely have died.
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