MAJOR ADVANTAGES

• • multifunction capability (search-and-rescue, patrol, freighter, ambulance, passenger, fire-fighting versions);
  • capability for prolonged air patrols of maritime zones and assigned areas;
  • capability for carrying out search-and-rescue operations and evacuating injured persons from the water;
  • with its amphibious capabilities, the aircraft can be used to transport cargo to sea-going vessels or offshore oil-refining platforms, as well as to deliver cargo from airfields to the coastal areas and islands;
  • capability to operate in any geographic and climatic conditions, day and night, under normal and adverse weather conditions;
  • high flight safety and a ditching capability with one engine inoperative;
  • capability of operating from concrete airfields on land, hydrodromes equipped with seaplane slipways on the shores of sea areas, as well as directly from any freshwater or marine water areas;
  • capability for autonomous deployment and handling operations (during cargo delivery);
  • compliance with applicable ICAO navigation, flight safety, noise and emission requirements.