Marignane, France, Eurocopter’s Mexican subsidiary, Eurocopter de México (EMSA), has delivered a single-engine AS350 B3 helicopter to EMSEGURIDAD-Q, Quito’s Metropolitan Public Security and Civic Engagement Logistics Agency. The aircraft will be used in law enforcement missions.
The handover ceremony took place in the Parque Lineal, in the Ecuadorian capital’s Solanda district, and was attended by EMSA representatives and senior officials from the Ecuadorian government, the Ministry of the Interior, the National Police Service and the Municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito, of which EMSEGURIDAD-Q is a part.
The delivery of the AS350 B3, which is part of a contract signed by EMSA and EMSEGURIDAD-Q in March 2011, with the objective of enhancing the agency’s resources devoted to maintaining public order and security in the city. The helicopter will be operated by the Ecuadorian National Police Service’s Air Support Unit, which has 14 years of experience in law enforcement operations and already has two AS350 B2s in its fleet.
This latest delivery takes the total number of AS350s in service in the region to 120, and to 559 around the world.
Source: Eurocopter
