India’s mainstream press has highlighted that the draft rules for the operation of air ambulance services by non-scheduled operators issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have been made public. The DGCA asked stakeholders to submit their responses to the draft Civil Aviation Requirement circular by 27 June.
The draft document specifies the minimum requirements for air ambulance flights operated with single or multi-engine fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. Such aircraft must be fitted with a ‘stretcher with at least two sets of restraining straps’, along with ‘medical oxygen capable of adjustable flow from two to 15 litres per minute’. This equipment must be stored and secured within the flight compartment by suitable restraints, so as ‘to sustain inertia forces experienced during aborted take-off and/or emergency landing’. The installation must be made through a supplemental type certificate approval process.
Along with other requirements are stipulations regarding traction and infusion: “Dead weights used on [the] ground for traction purposes shall be replaced with spring-type devices. Infusion devices, if used onboard the aircraft, shall be automated and designed not to be dependent on gravitational flows.”
05/06/15 Waypoint AirMed&Rescue
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The draft document specifies the minimum requirements for air ambulance flights operated with single or multi-engine fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. Such aircraft must be fitted with a ‘stretcher with at least two sets of restraining straps’, along with ‘medical oxygen capable of adjustable flow from two to 15 litres per minute’. This equipment must be stored and secured within the flight compartment by suitable restraints, so as ‘to sustain inertia forces experienced during aborted take-off and/or emergency landing’. The installation must be made through a supplemental type certificate approval process.
Along with other requirements are stipulations regarding traction and infusion: “Dead weights used on [the] ground for traction purposes shall be replaced with spring-type devices. Infusion devices, if used onboard the aircraft, shall be automated and designed not to be dependent on gravitational flows.”
05/06/15 Waypoint AirMed&Rescue
