China Buys Two Sikorsky Helicopters for Ocean Rescues

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China Buys Two Sikorsky Helicopters for Ocean Rescues

China has bought two helicopters from the Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. of the United States for rescue operations at sea. The salvage helicopters are of the latest models produced by Sikorsky, and they will be stationed at a special airport in Shanghai's Pudong district.

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China has bought two helicopters from the Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. of the United States for rescue operations at sea.

Sources with the Ministry of Communications said Tuesday the salvage helicopters are of the latest models produced by Sikorsky, and they will be stationed at a special airport in Shanghai's Pudong district.

High performance: The helicopters, with the maximum cruising speed of 155 nautical miles per hour, is able to carry 12 persons and search for people within a radius of 100 nautical miles.

They will be piloted by the Shanghai Salvage Air Fleet. The Ministry of Communications has employed experts to train the pilots, who are expected to carry out their mission in daytime after one year, and at night in five to eight years' time.

China has a coastline of 18,000 kilometers.

China's coastline extends well over 18,000 kilometers, washed by the waters of the Bohai, the Huanghai, the East China and the South China seas. The Bohai Sea is the inland sea of China.

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, is a world leader in the design and manufacture of advanced helicopters for commercial, industrial and military uses. In detail

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Sources from the website of Sikorsky http://www.sikorsky.com/

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