Cornwall Air Ambulance tasked to almost 500 missions in first half of 2025
The charity attended 483 missions in the first six months of the year.
Last updated 12th Aug 2025
Cornwall Air Ambulance was tasked to 483 missions in the first six months of 2025.
New figures revealed by the charity show that 206 of those were trauma incidents, 149 were medical related incidents, 116 were cardiac arrests and 12 inter-hospital transfers were also carried out.
The stats, recorded between 1st January and 30th June, include 50 road traffic collisions, 25 falls from height, 19 sports and adventure call outs and nine agricultural related incidents.
The busiest month during that period was May, with 97 mission taskings, closely followed by June with 95.
It comes as the charity has just welcomed its second AW169 helicopter. The new aircraft arrived at the beginning of July and went through a ‘shakedown’ period of test flights, before going into operation on 5th August 2025.
Mick McLachlan, Lead Specialist Paramedic in Critical Care, said: “It has been a steady start to the year in terms of mission numbers, and as we now head into the busiest summer months, we have the resilience of a second aircraft. The increase in taskings we see over the school holidays each year adds additional wear-and-tear to the helicopter, so we’re delighted to now have an additional AW169 ready and available on base all year round to be in rotation for our missions.”