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EMERCOM is going to purchase six Be-200 amphibian aircraft in 2015

EMERCOM of Russia is going to purchase 12 state-of-the-art aircraft in 2015, including six Be-200ChS amphibian aircraft in 2015, RIA Novosti reports.

“The key event for 2015-2018 period is “deliveries of 4 Mi-8MTV-1 helicopters, 6 Be-200ChS aircraft and 2 Sukhoi SuperJet 100 jets to EMERCOM in 2015,“ said in the ministry’s report.

It is planned to purchase one medical module for a helicopter intended for evacuation of injured people in the network of a program for re-equipping the ministry’s aviation.

Earlier the head of EMERCOM. Vladimir Puchkov said that this year the ministry is going to take delivery of medevac vehicles, including Sukhoi SuperJet 100 and Mi-8MTV helicopters fitted with all the equipment required for fire-fighting, monitoring and carrying out medevac operations. According to the minister, Be-200ChS aircraft are in production.

Today EMERCOM has eight aviation centers, which are located in Zhukovsky (Moscow Region), Pulkovo-2 airport (near St. Petersburg), Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, Mineralnie Vodi, Krasnoyarsk and Khabarovsk. The “Yuzhniy” aviation center’s (located in Rostov-on-Don) area of responsibility also includes Crimea.

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