AMS Aircraft Recovery

AMS Aircraft Recovery is a company that recovers aircraft after accidents and incidents. Its office is at Farnborough Airport in Farnborough, United Kingdom. The website says the company has provided airport authorities, airlines and military air forces with aircraft recovery solutions for over 30 years.

The company works on two main kinds of recovery. The first is a disabled aircraft that can be repaired to an airworthy condition after an incident. The second is salvage, which means removing an aircraft that is a hull loss. In a salvage case, the company's equipment lifts and moves the aircraft away from the incident site. The site says the equipment is built for flexibility in hard situations.

The equipment falls into a few groups. Lifting tools include airbags, fuselage lifting systems, overwing tooling and tethering systems. Towing tools include de-bogging kits and temporary roadway for soft ground. Transport tools include a transporter, dollies, a turntable, angle support and sledge systems. The site also lists a crane for maintaining more than one aircraft.

The site says the systems are designed to work under the aircraft makers' recovery manuals. The company also trains crews. Its training covers practical courses, team training and coordinator training. A news item says a training schedule runs at the Cotswold Airport Training Centre.

Customers include airports, airlines, business jets and general aviation. The military range covers recovery equipment for light and heavy military aircraft and helicopters. A news item says the Kenya Airports Authority completed an investment in a disabled aircraft recovery kit from AMS. Another item describes a crash recovery training course for the F-35 Joint Program Office that used AMS equipment.

The site lists a UK phone number, +44 20 3289 9320, and a US phone number, +1 626 243 5253. It also lists AGE Logistics Corp in Monrovia, California. A news item describes AGE as an equipment maker that has supplied the United States Air Force through Thern, Inc.