G-MCGE HM Coastguard Sikorsky S-92A
| REGISTRATION G-MCGE |
| OrganisationHM Coastguard |
| Make and ModelSikorsky S-92A |
| UseSearch and rescue |
| NOTES The Bristow-operated Coastguard helicopter is seen here rescuing a gentlemen from the roof of a cathedral. After lowering a medic and a stretcher the man in winched up into the helicopter that is hovering over the Minster in York, drawing large crowds. The narrow spiral staircases taking visitors to the roof of the buidling are not suitable for stretchering someone down. The Coastguard provide search and rescue helicopters for the whole country and practice every few years winching someone off the roof of York Minster. |
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