Army authorities are reporting that a helicopter operating in an HEMS role crashed last night at Fort Bliss, just outside of El Paso. It appears that the aircraft was in the landing phase when something went wrong. A fire broke out after the crash and all three on board lost their lives. The helicopter was [...]
A Native Air medical helicopter has crashed on the San Carlos Indian Reservation in Arizona. The incident occurred around 7:30pm local time. Two were on board and both were transported to medical facilities with serious but not life threatening injuries. The flight originated at the Williams Gateway Airport in Mesa and crashed while landing at [...]
This post is a followup to a story here Omniflight has sent a helicopter for Horry County, SC to replace the one that crashed last month killing all three on board. The Carolina Lifecare operated helicopter will be another Eurocopter AS350 with one big difference, they are now equipping it with night vision goggles. There [...]
Omniflight and the NTSB have confirmed that a Eurocopter AS350-B2 medical helicopter has crashed in South Carolina. The accident occured at approximately 23:08 EST (or around 23:30 depending on the source you read) last night. The aircraft was leaving the Charleston area enroute to Conway and had a pilot, paramedic and flight nurse on board. They [...]
