Flying doctors to the rescue

It may not have flashing red lights and a siren, but for some seriously ill patients in west Africa, a white Beechcraft 1900 is the vehicle that means their chance of recovery has taken a sudden turn for the better. Alan Dron reports. Roughly twice a week, a Beechcraft 1900 twin turboprop taxies out...

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