Airbus
Military has delivered to Vietnam the first of three C212-400 maritime patrol
aircraft ordered by the Vietnam Marine Police.
The
aircraft, manufactured in Seville, Spain was handed over at Gia Lam (Hanoi) at
the end of a 10-day ferry flight from Skavsta, Sweden following installation of
its mission system. It was formally delivered last year prior to the conversion
work in Sweden.
The flight,
commanded by ferry pilot Capt Alejandro Grande supported by two co-pilots, two
flight engineers and a technical representative, staged through: Kosice,
Slovakia; Sitia, Greece; Luxor, Egypt; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Muscat, Oman;
Ahmedabad and Kolkata, India;and Chiang Mai, Thailand; en route to Hanoi.
The three
aircraft will be used for a range of missions including coastal patrol, search
and rescue, anti-pollution operations, and law enforcement against smuggling of
goods or people.
A second
aircraft is under conversion in Sweden and the third will be transferred from
Seville by the end of the year.
A total of
478 C212s have been ordered by operators in 42 countries worldwide.
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