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Helicopter lands

 

Young people gather around the helicopter which landed in Páirc an Chathánaigh

It is the fastest helicopter in its class, capable of travelling at 315 kilometres per hour and can be anywhere in the country in 50 minutes
 
A video of the helicoter's take-off can be viewed on the video page. Go to this link www.carraroe.ie/mar-gheall-orainn.php

An Agusta Westland 139 helicopter, part of the new Irish Emergency Aeromedical Service (EAS), "dropped" in on An Cheathrú Rua, County Galway, when it landed on the local football pitch, Páirc an Chathánaigh, in the village much to the excitement of local children. The helicopter is based in Custume Barracks, Athlone. It is the fastest helicopter in its class, capable of travelling at 315 kilometres per hour and can be anywhere in the country in 50 minutes. Video shows it taking off and saluting waving children.

 

 

Published: August 2012