[Helicopter Siren!] London's Air Ambulance landing + taking off - Victoria Embankment Gardens!
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- This is one of London's Air Ambulances landing to an unknown emergency call in the Victoria Embankment Gardens, notice the use of their siren, used for clearing obstructions such as people from their selected landing area in the city. After they landed, their attendance was no longer needed and the team procceded back to the helicopter to take off again. Enjoy!
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Country: UK
Force/Service: London's Air Ambulance
Vehicle Make/Model: Eurocopter MD902 Explorer - Twin Engine Helicopter
Role: Air Ambulance
Number Plate: N/A
Fleet Number: G-LNDN
Camera Used: Sony FDR-AX53
Recorded in: May 2019
Published in: May 2019
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For those saying that helicopters don't have sirens and calling my video "clickbate", here is another video that demonstrates the use of sirens on a helicopter... - czcams.com/video/r0qsfbvzdiQ/video.html
thats a police helicopter
@@johnob1824 If I'm not mistaken some of the HEMS helicopters are actually donated or brought from police forces, Correct me if I'm wrong.
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I heard this siren in South Africa when a helicopter flew low overhead in the middle of the night. Then I found this video which confirms I wasn't going mad.
Here you can see very well how perfectly the rotor blade adjustment is set to "neutral" while the helicopter is waiting: No flower is moving. The moment the rotor blade adjustment changes to lift mode, the flowers suddenly experience absolute terror! Great technology.
Nice spot!
holly shit, wasn't aware about that, awesome!
That's NOTAR (NO TAil Rotor) technology for ya!
What's the name of the phenomenon "when the blades are running but no thrush is felt "
Bird brain thats the sound of the gas turbine engines NOT a siren
To all those saying that this aircraft is not fitted with a siren - you’re wrong. The two pilots use the siren (wail/yelp) to help in clearing a landing site. There is also a PA system, allowing either pilot to broadcast a verbal message to the public below.
It can be heard briefly from 0:11. Then at 1:27, you can see the aft-facing speakers for the siren & PA system, mounted to both skid cross tubes.
Yeah cos as you can clearly see from this very footage - people's normal reaction upon seeing the heli coming in to land nearby, is to _immediately_ rush towards it to get the best view. And the crew aboard can't afford anyone to get too close otherwise they have to abort the landing - and that can mean the difference between life and death. And police aren't always able to get to the landing scene in time and in enough numbers to help clear it. So, siren it is!! It's pretty effective too, from what I can tell. Although it does confuse quite a few people like "wait ... is that siren coming from the _helicopter_ ??!! That's ...weird" LOL
Helicopter siren? Yes, the amount of times I've been walking through Central London unaware there's a helicopter right behind me. If it wasn't for that siren I'd be completely oblivious of its presence.
they tend to sneak up on people.... XD
It’s for clearing landing zones
Helicopters do have sirens, believe it or not.
They clearly still need them, that one girl tried to walk right up behind it lol 2:03
Did you see it in your sunroof?
Love the change from idle to take off power!!!
The sound of this helicopter is beautiful and unmistakable. Thanks for sharing. Regards from Brazil.
Amazing. Didn’t know they have a siren
captured911 Same here! I’d think the heli’s rotor sound would suffice anyway. And drown out the sound of the siren also.
It's used to clear a lz or public engagement event well thats what the ambulance service I work for uses them for
captured911 the sirens to warn people to move
Firefighting helps do it too so they don’t drop water on people
@@clarky2356 in case they missed the gigantic helicopter blades spinning at 150db
The MD902 still looks so beautiful even though it's a 27 year old design. Awesome machine.
One would think that the sudden gale force winds and the rotor chop, whine of the engine and the NOTAR would be enough of an indication that a helicopter is about to land...also ground crew but hey. I'm an American. What do I know.
Edit: excellent video quality either way. Very enjoyable to watch. Thank you.
Ground crew?
@@braydendeakin4092 You cannot have a ground crew at the scene of a sudden emergency. Having viewed the scene from the air, the pilots advise the London Ambulance Service of where they intend to land, and that is passed on to the police. They in turn (assuming they arrive in time), do what they can to clear the landing site. The police often drive the helicopter’s doctor and paramedic from the aircraft to scene of the incident.
@@heli-crewhgs5285 Yes.. I know.. I said "Ground crew?" Because the American writing the comment thought that there would be ground crew there. Which is false.
Excellent video, I would have not known that air ambulance service has an onboard siren if you did not post this video, learn something new every day.
Elizabeth Cherry True eh? They also have neutral and reverse gears. 😜
What an amazingly beautiful looking machine!
Awesome catch. I didn't know they had sirens. 😃😯🚁👍🏻
Absolutely admire the bravery and BALLS of these pilots. Wow, amazing
Good to know they are there for us. 🇬🇧
Absolutely fantastic catch hems team
I guess this gives the " Airhorn " a whole new meaning
MD-902. The sweetest sounding helicopter on the planet with the best safety record period...
Great catch!!
Siren?! Nice catch!
Cool!
Very good. Steady hand well filmed
"Ride of the Valkyries" would have made it better.
Anyone else notice the square & compasses on the side?
It's sponsored by the London Freemasons
It’s flight of the valkyries
Yes, it was bought by the freemasons of london who also have purchased 2 fully custom built turntables ladder fire appliances for the london fire brigade, just another fine act of charity by my metropolitan brothers
What happened
I remember on 25th april 2023, I was in school in Art when we heard that siren from the helicopter. We looked outside from our classroom window and we saw the air ambulance landing at our school! 😮🏫
But I hope the person is ok and well who's been treated by the air ambulance team ❤
Nice mate!
Grt melvin
Our police helicopters have sirens. Great video. The sirens may be used to clear people from where they want to land.
I believe the reason why London still use md 902s is because there the best helimed for small closed areas and that's why there not switching to bigger more advanced aircraft like the ec 145
Exactly i was thinking. In France we have EC-135 for the Police and paramedic, they need an heliport or a football stadium to land correctly.
The NOTAR is the main attraction for LAA, but it's also the fact they've operated one for almost 20 years. G-EHMS, the older aircraft, only has 6,000 hours which isn't awful for an emergency services helicopter. There is also poor planning though, when G-LNDN was purchased there was shock that they were sticking with the MD902 because it's becoming a very rare helicopter with spare parts rare too. Maintenance is hard and expensive with long groundings, and LAA flies pretty heavy now with the crew commonly being 5. A 135 or 145 would be a lot more efficient for them, but the cost savings with a 145 aren't that great as it's derived from the BK117
Although it avoid the solution of natural selection for clowns like the one seen at 2:00 here striding towards the tail of a helicopter *shakes head for the future of humanity*
Very Nice!
First time hearing this!
You know when you hear that sound it’s the LAA this should be a asset to the NHS and the LAS forever to serve London and the surrounding areas a vital and important valued piece of equipment.
Lord I thankyou for these special people no matter if there Police, fire, Ambulance or what ever duty they perform to protect our life's. I give thanks to all of them Amen
After watched your video, I wish I could go back to 6 years ago. So I could record video 3 helicopter with siren attended fire drill in Sai Gon at the time.
great Vid!
COOL 😎
Great video, I must say they are the best helicopters out there (IMO), what's your outro music ?
nice mate
A siren...in a helicopter????
Goood videooo!!
1:17 so everyone runs to the siren to have a look.
All those nice colorful tulips are all gone with the wind
WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Interesting to see a MD902 up close. It uses NOTAR technology.
I remember when I was in Finsbury Park and it landed!
MD902 😍😍
I wish All helos had NOTAR. Compact & small 🚁. The 900N had a very unique noise signature.
All our Emergency Service Helicopters have sirens especially fire fighting choppers to warn people and firefighters that they are about to do a water drop.
I’ve seen this thing land so many times in person
One of these just landed in my neighborhood. It circled for about 5 minutes and I heard the sirens. Thought it was multiple emergency vehicles lost in the neighborhood. Turns out it was the helicopter circling.
Love the take off
Them MD902's are really nice
Woah that is overly cool
What feckin siren i must be getting old cant hear it.
Lol
pat you hear the kind of annoying high pitched tone? Thats the “siren”
@@TheRealNoahF nah thats the turbin speeding up to take off lol....
@@pat3850 0:12
AlphaDelta East nah I think that’s on the ground, dunno tho
One of these landed in my school yesterday during science and I had no idea what that noise was, sounding like an alien 💀
Nice video! Greetings from Austria!
Thanks, I'm coming to Vienna in October!
Responding from Royal London hospital and transported to Royal London hospital
It landed in Embankment Gardens, but where was the incident?
What was the injury?
How are the EMT's gonna get to the patient if they keep getting pointed in circles?
Doubt they're EMTs in an Air Ambulance ;) ALS / Doctors probably.
@@KwyKz0r who ever they are...... they cant find the patient...
Might be tricky sometimes to get the best shortcut to the scene, since the landing zone very often is not close by. And yes, London HEMS teams consist of 2 pilots, a doctor and a paramedic, plus very often another physician or paramedic in training as well.
Quickstep80 Why such a big team? In Germany, we use one pilot, one emergency doctor and one paramedic with a special training. Two pilots are only used for night flights for better observing of the airspace.
@@Manic97LP London airspace has a different and quite challenging traffic situation. Thus a second pilot, who can bring that "extra pair of aviation eyes and ears" to the cockpit. This team configuration also means that the medical crew (doctor/paramedic) can immediately focus on patient treatment on scene, since the paramedic doesn't need to act as a "HEMS crewmember" for flight and scene safety duties. And a standard crew of 4 is not necessarily an unusually "big team". Many European HEMS providers fly with a crew of 4 without having two pilots - imagine a crew of pilot, doctor, paramedic and winch operator.
😍🤩🚁
Did anyone spot the Jumbo Jet flying in the distance at 5:19?
There's 6 minutes I won't be getting back. 😕
Where is the tail rotor on that thing?!
It doesn't have one. A fan blows air out of the tail which is directed to turn the tail left or right. It's called the NOTAR.
air jet, also known as rotorless turbo fan...
less noise than rotor for built up areas.
From start to finish that was nothing but a cluster... good grief
And the patient was where exactly?
in hospital
It looked like nobody knew what was going on.
Here in the United States When the helicopter lands they set up an Lz or a landing zone and the police and fire department comes out and block the road and help with the landing of the helicopter
@Douglas Campbell normally if we have a trauma and need a medivac police and fire are already on scene. We secure the landing zone so civillians don't get to close and get injured. We don't fly as many medical patients, ecspecially in an urban setting unless it is from hospital to hospital.
@Douglas Campbell I think that you miss read what I said. We fly medical patients on occasion such as strokes, heart attach, etc from rual areas where transport would take to long. They also fly critical patients (trauma and medical) from one hospital to the next for specialty care. We fly many trauma patients. Mostly from a rual area to a trauma center. We only do critical care patient transfers with helicopters when the patient is unstable and could code at any minute. This is were a 5 minute medivac is better than a 20 minute ambulance ride in traffic. Our trauma teams have doctor's on the helo and the staff have advanced training. I'm not quite sure that they could do such a delicate procedure but they are more than capable of timely and effective care.
It takes an awful lot of convincing that an air ambulance DOES have a siren that can be used if circumstances dictate for example as we've just seen crowd dispersal to clear the landing site safely and to avoid any injuries caused by being blown over by the downdraft of the propeller blades....now they can and have caused serious injuries because the public don't realise how powerful that down draught can be!!!!!.
The sirene is really necessary because you never hear a helicopter coming 😶
It's the police vehicles
Lol, it's not the police vehicles. They dont have type of siren model fitted to any vehicle apart from their helicopters ie NPAS.
Am I the only one after watching this how gets the urge to play emergency 4 London mod again
DAFUQ was all that about?, all that was missing was the Benny Hill theme tune.
Looks like the EC 145. Even though it ain’t
At first I was gonna say that’s the most pointless thing ever.. But it’s actually good for clearing a landing area if you think about it
Are you a bit silly? The air ambulance doesn't HAVE a siren!
@@aaroncampbell2314 what
@@hidude7793 landing sites are cleared by emergency personnel on the ground. Although they didnt do a very good job on this one. Air ambulances do not have sirens.
@@ddylla85 yes they do.
@@aaroncampbell2314You can clearly hear it as it flies over @1:15 There's a horn speaker at the back of each skid. @1:25 you can see them clearly. It can be used as both a siren, and a loudspeaker.
In London do they automatically dispatch a medevac and a ambulance because here in America if you call 911 they send a fire truck and ambulance unless your in the co operation ntry.
There's an Advanced Paramedic in the London Ambulance Service's control room who filters through calls and can dispatch LAA (or other neighbouring HEMS teams) or their Advanced Paramedics in FRUs. Crews on-scene can also request back-up too.
5:20 another plane come out
I saw it it landed outside my house lol
In the states an emergency vehicle is required to have a siren including helicopters.
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What building was that right in the beginning that had the South African Flag?
South African High Commission,South Africa House,Trafalgar Square,London
At what time does the siren come on please?
When ever they push that button.
@@sustainablesolutions9152 he mean the time of the video
@@sustainablesolutions9152 How has your obnoxious reply got to many likes?
0:12
@@ce9934 thanks
Since when did helicopters have to go through air traffic to get to there Patients, Well, Busy traffic anyway?
It doesn't make sense to add a siren to a helicopter. If you don't hear/see/feel it already, why would a siren then help? Someone thought to be smart here I think.
How stupid human can be....... only for satisfaction they set their life in danger.
Its a verry dangerous place in this moment. Take your pictures after landing and before start.
NOT WHILE !!! ..... my goodness. 🥴🤧😥
Was this by the south african embassy
By that allied court room of south acrica
Did MD Helicopters merge with Eurocopter/Airbus?
No. It went bust along with MD when Boeing bought them out. It's now owned by Bond.
You need an air ambulance in the city? I figured this was for rural emergencies.
Yeah the UK has various Air Ambulance organisations throughout the country
seems a bit of a stuff up... paramedics directed from pillar to post... but all eyes on the chopper
What type of helicopter is?I never saw one of this
I believe it's a eurocoptor
I went to make a research and i found that this helicopter is called Eurocopter MD 902 Explorer.Thanls for the help anyway😉
@@butnob951 @UCRSmXAUxV1wlpk_xcvZXvqA it's not a Eurocopter at all... it was built by McDonnell Douglas, which in fact merged with Boeing and is now just simply MD in model names. Eurocopter merged with Airbus to created Airbus Helicopters - so infect they are competitors.
at what second was the siren or does it sound like a normal ambulance siren ?
1:16 i think
See if you watch the video you’ll know when it comes on mate
This is in south africa or UK?
United Kingdom
United Africa
@@axilus5686 good joke greatest joker of all time
Isn't that the siren of the police car called to the scene?
Nope, it is definitely the helicopter. Same sirens that NPAS helicopters have.
@@TangoSierraMedia completely incorrect. I worked on it for a year. There's no siren
You obviously didn't discover it then. There is a siren, you can blatantly hear it and as I've said it's the same one that the NPAS helicopters have. It's an audible warning used to clear landing sites of pedestrians and such
It does have a siren.👍
@@aaroncampbell2314 highly doubt you worked on it. You aren't an emeritus medic with LAA by the looks of it.
What time is the siren?
0:12
It's all over the video, but you can hear the regular siren loud and clear @1:15
What helicopter it's?
MD902.
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what point does the siron come on
To alert and clear pedestrians at a suitable landing sight and in some cases, vehicles on an active road, which I can send you a link if you wish, I believe it was London bridge I witnessed this.
@@Drew_c_n You'd think the massive loud helicopter circling overhead would have been enough of a warning!
Rich Humans nowadays lol
Yeah a siren is needed. That engine is just way too quiet
So do that send that instead of a ambulance or what
Central Florida Fire Responses no, the air ambulance is sent in addition to land-based responders. The air ambulance brings a doctor and a critical care paramedic to potentially serious scenes where additional skills may be needed. They can perform field thoracotomies, insert chest drains, REBOA, administer blood transfusions, and anesthetize patients in the field.
Red responce, land ambulance and paramedic car is also sent, Doctors or field surgeons are sent on the helimeds.
Little known fact the helimeds also have Helicars to support them. Calling for a helicopter may get you the fast Helicar if weather is so bad. Helicars are also known as MAGPAS usually sent to heart attacks and road traffic crashes, ie very life threatening with a trauma doctor or a senior paramedic, both trained in field surgery, on some shifts Consultant Surgeons may be on call. This came about as doctors cars had green flashing lights and one got a speeding ticket from the police, the police refused to stop the claim on the NHS employee. This caused outrage in NHS so the Courts ruled and throu the case out. Since then Doctors cars now have atleast one blue light with green "Doctor" signage; all blue lights with NHS Emergency signage, so they can legally speed. All blue lighted are now signed up as Helimedic or MAGPAS Emergency, I have see a few with signed up as "NHS A&E Trauma Doctor". If they don't have a NHS sticker on the vehicle then they can't use blue and twos, same for ambulances.
think of it this way the the air ambulance gives the ability of bringing a intensive care unit and a operating theatre to the scene and the helicopter is the quickest way to get specilist care to the scene and actually in the majority of the time the air ambulance crew consisting of a doctor and a critical care paramedic will go in a land ambulance with the patient to hospital typically only times a patient will be transported by helicopter is if the journey by road would take longer than 30 minutes however in very rare cases possibly in area where the only access is to by helicopter will the air ambulance be sent out alone since it would take a normal crew a long time to hike to the patient
Please, please don't decide to 'wander' up to the rear end of a helicopter
Deni aberson
London air Ambulance don't have siren it's the police vehicles
No police vehicle on the UK has that type of siren and not many emergency vehicles in the UK have the functionality to switch the tones manually which this one has...I can confirm this helicopter DOES have a siren and if you listen carefully you will hear it.
Yes, it does.
Yes it does ,,, i've seen once in Brixton 4/5 months ago
Atleast air ambulance don't kill you by running over you...
Where is the tail rotor?
This is built by MD, and is called a NOTAR or NO TAil Rotor. It has a fan located at the back of the main gearbox that blows large volumes of air down the tail boom, and it is this air that counters the torque. It results in a compact and lightweight design, and increases reliability by eliminating driveshafts, elbows, and tailrotor gearbox that would be required for a conventional design (either blade or fenestron).