HeliHub.com can confirm that the CAA have today (Tuesday 22nd February) taken the step to suspend the Air Operations Certificate of Sterling Aviation. Richard Taylor of the CAA has confirmed this fact to HeliHub.com in the last hour.

Various issues have led to this move, which can be reviewed in the following recent stories on HeliHub.com

• 22-Feb-11 – UK CAA deny they have suspended Sterling Aviation’s AOC
• 22-Feb-11 – East Anglian Air Ambulance provide update on “operational issues”
• 21-Feb-11 – Sterling Aviation “operational issues” temporarily ground East Anglian Air Ambulance
• 17-Feb-11 – UK’s Norfolk Police to drop helicopter at end of March