First look: Search and Rescue 4

Just Flight has released information on Search and Rescue 4 for the PC. The game, which is currently in development at IAV Games, will see players assuming the role of a Coast Guard helicopter pilot and features no less than 100 new missions.

Rescue missions in the game will include airplanes crashed at sea, leaking oil tankers, stranded hikers, lost children, and even a chemical factory explosion. Search and Rescue 4 will feature the most realistic physics in the series to date, and with helicopters responding to even the slightest joystick movement, gust of wind, or change of weather, just flying in a straight line or hovering in the air promises to be a challenge in itself. The three helicopters that players will get to fly in the game are the HH-5A Dauphin, the Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King, and the BK-117 C-1.

In Search and Rescue 4, players will be required to participate in the planning of each rescue mission, as well as in the actual flying. Factors that will need to be considered when planning a rescue operation will include weight problems, fuel capacity, rescue procedures, weather, injury assessment, and much more.

Search and Rescue 4 is currently scheduled for release in September. We'll bring you more information on the game as soon as it becomes available.