朝日航洋株式会社 (Aero Asahi, asahikouyoukabushikigaisha) is a Japanese aviation company. It has a fleet of fixed wing aircraft and helicopters and provides a variety of aviation services.[1] It is the largest helicopter operator in Japan.[2]
Native name | 朝日航洋 |
|---|---|
| Founded | July 20, 1955 |
Number of employees | 1,179 (April 1, 2014) |
| Website | https://www.aeroasahi.co.jp/english/ |
The company's helicopters provide some Air medical services for Japan's "Doctor-Heli" Emergency Medical Services network. In 2015 it celebrated 10,000 medical missions performed by Aero Asahi MD 902 helicopters for Hokusho hospital in Chiba prefecture.[3]
In August 1985 a Bell 412 operated by the company crashed in China with four fatalities.[4]
In May 1989 a second Bell 412 operated by the company crashed in China with ten fatalities.[5]
In August 1990 a Sikorsky S-76 operated by the company crashed in Hakone with the loss of two crew.[6]
In September 1998 a Eurocopter AS350B3 operated by the company crashed in Nagano Prefecture with one fatality.[7]
In 2004 a McDonnell Douglas MD 900 Explorer operated by the company made a crash-landing at Naval Air Facility Atsugi. There were no fatalities.[8][9]
In September 2010 an Aérospatiale AS 332L Super Puma helicopter operated by the company crashed on Yakushima with the deaths of the two crew.[10][11]
In September 2013 an Aero Asahi helicopter flew over a runway at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, causing an ANA airliner to abort a landing and come around again.[12]
In March 2016 an Aero Asahi Aérospatiale AS 332L1 Super Puma helicopter dropped 800 kg of insulators in Fukui prefecture. There were no injuries.[13][14][15]
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.[16][17]
