Super Puma’s versatility

PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO Source: MINDEF STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS

1993 United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cambodia to carry out UN-mandated elections.

1997 SilkAir MI185 search- and-recovery operation.

2004 Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mission for earthquake victims in Banda Aceh for Ops Flying Eagle.

OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE

2009 to 2011 Counter-piracy operations in Gulf of Aden for Ops Blue Sapphire.

2015 AirAsia QZ8501 search operation.

2017 Search operation in USS John S. McCain collision incident.

2017 Search operation in tanker Karthika Segara and dredger JBB De Rong 19 collision incident.

ADDITIONAL INFO

Overall length

18.7m

Rotor diameter

15.6m

Speed

167 knots

In service since

Range

580nautical miles

Endurance

4.5 hours

Armament

2 x .50calibre door guns

Payload

DIMENSIONS & PERFORMANCE

2

61

224

Pilots

medic

Aircrew Specialists

personnel

stretchers

32 helicopters with an average age of 27 years, according to Reuters

1985