SE-HVL

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This aircraft was constructed by Bell Helicopter Textron back in 1983. It was purchased by the Nigerian Police Force, and came to operate at the Airwing base in Lagos. The helicopter was reportedly damaged in an accident and purchased by the Swedish maintenance company Ostermans Aero AB through its American subsidiary Ostermans Inc Trustee. It was briefly registered in the United States in the spring of 1993 before being registered SE-HVL in May the same year.

The Swedish Police Wing used the helicopter for a short period of time before it was equipped as an EMS helicopter. It was hired by Uppsala University Hospital as its first intensive care helicopter. The hospital’s new helicopter activity was opened on 16 October 1993. It was stationed at the Fyrislund Rescue Station near the old E4 highway near the city, and operated by Osterman Helicopter in cooperation with Ostermans Aero.

Uppsala University Hospital used the Bell 412 for roughly three years before hiring Norrlandsflyg AB to replace the Bell with a Sikorsky S-76A (SE-JES), starting from June 1996. The Bell 412 remained in Ostermans Aero’s ownership for about a year before it was exported to Spain in 1997.