Mechta
Looks good! Checking Beriev's wesbite shows they have a SAR version as well -
"
Be-200 search and rescue aircraft can loiter within two-hundred-mile zone for 6.5 hours"
Not a Nimrod replacement, but half way there...
And before anyone writes them off as "Russian" and so lacking support, according to Wiki theres a support agreement in place with EADS, and a possible RR engine option
I wonder what the cost of a mixed batch of passenger and SAR configured ones would be? Maybe the overseas development budget would pay......after all most maritime rescues appear to be from third world flagged ships....