Search and rescue contract loss angers UK coastal residents

concern and disappointment after the government announced that Texas search and rescue of the company will replace the Royal Air Force and Navy

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weekend was generally fast and professional. A fisherman had been swept by the rocks Trewarvas point near Helston in Cornwall and, unaided, died in a few minutes in rough seas.

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Rescue helicopter launched from Naval Air Station Culdrose and took seconds to locate the man, winch and take him to the Royal Cornwall Hospital.

"This is typical," said Councilman Judith Haycock Helston. "This man would not have had a chance if he had been at sea for longer this time of year. We are proud of the maritime search and rescue here. I wish that man survived if the helicopter was founded later? coast is dangerous there. "

vision of red and gray Navy Sea King crash RNAS Culdrose in Helston is beloved by locals and tourists.

had anxiety and sadness in the people that the government has announced not only the name of the private company that is responsible for search and rescue (SAR) of the Navy and the RAF, but the operation will be moved to Cornwall Newquay Airport.

Andrew George, West Cornwall MP, said he was "very disappointed." He fears that often wild western approaches to the UK would not be as accessible to the new privatization and was not happy there would be no military influence in the new service.

Unsurprisingly, there was no word of HRH the most famous pilot, Prince William, who is based at RAF Valley in Anglesey, North Wales.

Island MP Albert Owen, however, was so angry that he would not be the military participation and because the new service would not fly but from Valley airport Civil Caernarfon on the continent.

Owen said the move was "purely cost" and said that this meant that the state of the art facilities in the valley is no longer used for search and rescue. "It's like going to Manchester United at Old Trafford for Accrington Stanley," he said. "All the infrastructure, staff capacity is lost."

And as Culdrose, military service meant a highly respected local people had great pride is lost. "This is a privatization too far." S A bad day for search and rescue, "said Owen.

On the south coast there was anger based in Portland, Dorset, now a civilian in charge of the Coast Guard, was rejected in the plans. Ian Mew, the clinical director of major trauma in the Dorset County Hospital, said: "It is a great shame, they think life is lost because of it.".

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Macpherson, a spokesman for the campaign group Save Our Helicopter in Portland, said he was upset losing base is one of the busiest shipping lanes and areas of water sports in the world . "They just do not listen to our concerns," he added.

Richard Drax, MP for South Dorset and a former army officer, said: "I can not understand the reasoning behind the closure of Portland." And well accepted Bristow has a "good reputation" that it was a shame that military experience would be lost.

A key element of this new service is intended to be the way it works with organizations such as the RNLI and mountain rescue teams.

Mike Margeson, vice president of Mountain Rescue England and Wales, and a team leader in Duddon and Furness in the Lake District, said he was "a little cautious and fearful "the new service could be as good as the very military.
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