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Common Aircrafts Used For Air Ambulance Transports

Air ambulance services have the tough job of serving injured or critically ill patients.  Medical helicopters help rescue crews on the ground get patients to a doctor when minutes matter most.  Medical transport planes help teams of doctors retrieve organ donations or fly patients long distances when they need medical attention they can’t find close to home.  It takes a variety of aircraft in the fleet to get the job done right.
When you see a medical helicopter flying overhead, you might be looking at a Bell helicopter.  There are several different style or models of Bell helicopters, but this craft was designed with medical transport in mind.  The Bell 206L (Long Ranger) was enhanced to offer a longer cabin to give crews more room for patients.  The 406 and 427 models were also given patient transport enhancements like flat floors and doors that help crews load patients faster and with more ease.
One of the most unique Eurocopter is the EC135 that has an enclosed tail rotor to make landing in rural areas safer.  The Sikorsky S-76 is widely used as well because of its wide capacity that can fit two patients plus a crew.
Another aircraft used by air ambulance services are fixed winged planes like the LeerJet 35, Beechcraft King Air 200, Cessna Citation V, and Gulfstream Jet.  All of these planes are widely used as luxury aircraft, but they can be reconfigured to haul patients and their families across the country to get the medical attention they need.  The jets’ lightning speed is also used when time is critical and medical teams need to harvest organs to save another person’s life.