News – Nordic Rotors

First three HKP 4Bs have arrived in the US

By on Apr 02, 2013

Columbia Helicopters has taken delivery of the first three of ten heavy lift helicopters purchased from the Swedish Department of Defense. The total order includes six Boeing-Vertol 107-II and four Ka...

Accident report after R44 misshap in Ånn

By on Mar 15, 2013

The Swedish Accident Investigation Board (Statens Haverikommission, SHK) has published its final report after an accident that occurred on 6 September 2011 in Ånn, close to Åre, involving a Norwegian...

Swedish Black Hawks headed for Afghanistan

By on Mar 12, 2013

Today the first two HKP 16 Black Hawks were airlifted from the Linköping Helicopter Base to to Camp Marmal in Afghanistan. This is done at the same time as the HKP 10B Super Pumas are making their las...

Ten HKP 4 sold to Columbia Helicopters

By on Feb 22, 2013

The Swedish Defence and Security Export Agency (FXM) has recently sold ten retired HKP 4s to the large American operator Columbia Helicopters Inc (CHI). The agreement was settled in December 2012 and...

Norsk Helikopterservice's first S-92 delivered

By on Feb 08, 2013

Avincis Group (Avincis), has today received the first of its record order of 16 new Sikorsky S-92 helicopters. The order, placed in December 2011, is the largest single purchase of S-92s ever made....

Finnish Hughes 500 in sawing accident

By on Jan 10, 2013

A Hughes 500D was badly damaged following an emergency landing near Kämmenniemi in Tampere, Finland, earlier today. The pilot, who was the sole occupant at the time of the accident, walked away with m...

Finnish Border Guard adds two Super Pumas

By on Dec 22, 2012

The Finnish Border Guard is expanding its Eurocopter fleet with the acquisition of two additional AS332 L1 Super Puma helicopters. The purpose of the acquisition is to replace the AB/B412 helicopters....

Skärgårdshavets Helikoptertjänst buys three EC135s

By on Dec 12, 2012

The Finnish air medical company Skärgårdshavets Helikoptertjänst (SHT) has purchased four brand new Eurocopter EC 135 P2is to modernize its helicopter fleet. The fast-paced deliveries were conducted i...

Svalbard selects Lufttransport for SAR

By on Dec 10, 2012

The Norwegian company Lufttransport has been awarded the new Search and Rescue (SAR) / Transport contract for Sysselmannen on Svalbard Island in the northernmost part of Norway. The contract will be e...

Denmark buys nine MH-60R Seahawks

By on Dec 09, 2012

On 6 December the U.S. Navy announced that the Danish government has signed an official letter of offer and acceptance formalizing its intent to buy nine Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk helicopters and compre...