'New' LifeFlight Leonardo S.P.A. Helicopter (Agusta) AW139 Helicopter VH-XIB Spotted at Bundaberg Airport

On Monday 22 February, LifeFlight Leonardo S.P.A. Helicopters (Agusta) AW139 helicopter VH-XIB was spotted visiting Bundaberg Airport.  It appears to have flown in on a medical evacuation flight from the Sunshine Coast and was heard to be using the flight number and callsign of "Rescue 511".

VH-XIB "Rescue 511" then looked to depart Bundaberg Airport for the Royal Brisbane Hospital Heli-pad.

As mentioned previously, VH-XIB is one of three recently registered rescue helicopters to join the LifeFlight fleet with the AW139 registered to them in September last year.  It previously operated as in China as B-702T for Shanghai Kingwing General Aviation.

The other AW139 helicopters to join the LifeFlight fleet in recent months have been VH-XIA and VH-XIU.

Sincere thanks to local plane spotter Peter S for taking the time to capture and send through these great photos!

All photos taken by Peter Sajko  ©