A pilot for Wings Air Rescue took off on Monday to pick up a patient but had to abort the mission because of his own medical issue. What started as a feeling of indigestion became worse as the flight continued so he elected to return to base. Once on the ground his health continued to [...]
At around 4:30 a.m. this morning, a 1978 Bell 206 operated by Air Evac Lifeteam crashed around 80 miles north of Little Rock, Arkansas. The crew were flying to pick up a patient that was injured in a traffic accident when something went wrong. They were flying VFR at the time and were equipped with [...]
Reports are coming in that a LifeNet helicopter (possibly LifeNet 12) crashed and caught fire in Tucson earlier today. The crash location is near the intersection of Park and Glenn. Early information is that at least one person has lost their life. If the reports are true, RIP and my condolences to friends and family. [...]
Reports are coming in that an EagleMed helicopter has crashed near Kingfisher in Oklahoma. Three people were on board at the time and unfortunately, two lost their lives. A witness said the survivor appeared to be alert and was taken to OU Medical via HEMS with unknown injuries. It isn’t clear as of writing this [...]
A Bell 407 operated by law enforcement made contact with a light pole in Olinda, Brazil on Sunday. It was summoned to the area to serve in an HEMS role to medevac a woman suffering a heart attack. The helicopter circled the area for 20 minutes before locating the victim. Once the patient was loaded [...]
A Careflite Bell 222U crashed at approximately 2:15 p.m. today in Texas, near Midlothian. The aircraft came down at the intersection of Highway 67 and Wyatt Road due to unknown circumstances. The flight is being described as a maintenance flight with a pilot and mechanic as the sole occupants. Both lost their lives in the [...]
