is a Japanese aviation company. It has a fleet of fixed wing aircraft and helicopters and provides a variety of aviation services. It is the largest helicopter operator in Japan.

Doctor-Heli

The company's helicopters provide some

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for Japan's "Doctor-Heli" Emergency Medical Services network. In 2015 it celebrated 10,000 medical missions performed by Aero Asahi

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helicopters for Hokusho hospital in Chiba prefecture.

Accidents and incidents

In August 1985 a

Bell 412 The Bell 412 is a utility helicopter of the Huey family manufactured by Bell Helicopter. It is a development of the Bell 212, with the major difference being the composite four-blade main rotor. Design and development Development began in the ...

operated by the company crashed in China with four fatalities. In May 1989 a second

operated by the company crashed in China with ten fatalities. In August 1990 a

Sikorsky S-76 The Sikorsky S-76 is a medium-size commercial utility helicopter designed and produced by the American helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft. It is the company's first helicopter specifically developed for the civilian market. The S-76 w ...

operated by the company crashed with the loss of two crew. In September 1998 a Eurocopter AS350B3 operated by the company crashed with one fatality. In 2004 a

McDonnell Douglas MD 900 Explorer The MD Helicopters MD Explorer is a light twin-engined utility helicopter designed and initially produced by the American rotorcraft specialist McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems. On 18 December 1992, the maiden flight was conducted, initial ...

operated by the company made a crash-landing at

Naval Air Facility Atsugi is a joint Japan-US naval air base located in the cities of Yamato and Ayase in Kanagawa, Japan. It is the largest United States Navy (USN) air base in the Pacific Ocean and once housed the squadrons of Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5), which ...

. There were no fatalities. In September 2010 an Aérospatiale AS 332L Super Puma helicopter operated by the company crashed on

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with the deaths of the two crew. In September 2013 an Aero Asahi helicopter flew over a runway at

Kansai International Airport Kansai International Airport ( ja, 関西国際空港, Kansai Kokusai Kūkō) commonly known as is the primary international airport in the Greater Osaka Area of Japan and the closest international airport to the cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and K ...

in Osaka, causing an ANA airliner to abort a landing and come around again. In March 2016 an Aero Asahi Aérospatiale AS 332L1 Super Puma helicopter dropped 800 kg of insulators in Fukui prefecture. There were no injuries. In August 2016 a Kawasaki BK 117C-2 operated by the company crash-landed on the way to pick up a traffic accident victim for medical care. There were no injuries in the crash, but the victim of the traffic accident died.Thompson, Pau
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Helicopter fleet

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* Eurocopter AS350B3 * Bell FB204B-II * Eurocopter AS355F * MD900 * MD902 * BK117C2 * Bell 430 *

* Eurocopter AS332L

Fixed-wing fleet

* Cessna Citation Sovereign C680 *

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References

External links

Official homepage
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