Abu Dhabi Police Fleet a Life-saver
The AW139 on display at Abu Dhabi Air Expo (with pilot Major Hammad Al Kitbi) is part of Abu Dhabi Police's fleet of eight AW139s and five Bell 412s.
The AW139 on display at Abu Dhabi Air Expo (with pilot Major Hammad Al Kitbi) is part of Abu Dhabi Police's fleet of eight AW139s and five Bell 412s.

March 11, 2008, was a not-to-be-forgotten date in the annals of United Arab Emirates motoring history. That day, 250 cars were involved in a pile-up on the Abu Dhabi-Dubai road just outside Ghantoot, about 30 miles from Dubai. Despite the thick fog that had drifted in from the Gulf, motorists apparently made little or no attempt to moderate their speed, and mayhem was the result. Abu Dhabi Police helicopter pilot Major Hammad Al Kitbi arrived on the scene to find devastation.