From jimmnn at comcast.net Sun Jun 8 10:34:27 2008 From: jimmnn at comcast.net (James Richardson) Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 08:34:27 -0600 Subject: EMS Helo Crash Message-ID: <002201c8c974$c70238a0$5506a9e0$@net> Medical helicopter crashes in forest Sunday, June 08, 2008 | 8:58 AM HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Federal investigators are on the scene of a helicopter crash in the Sam Houston National Forest in Walker County. Investigators say it was an air ambulance with four people on board went down around 2:45am. It's unclear if the passengers survived the crash. Initial reports all have perished. Jim< From jimmnn at comcast.net Tue Jun 10 14:32:18 2008 From: jimmnn at comcast.net (James Richardson) Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:32:18 -0600 Subject: Air Ambulance Crashes Trigger FAA's Attention Message-ID: <00d101c8cb28$50ab40b0$f201c210$@net> http://www.emsresponder.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=1 &id=7715 http://tinyurl.com/5lgx64 http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health/OnCall/story?id=5037096 &page=1 http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7011226470 Huntsville, TX (AHN) - The PHI Air Medical helicopter was the second chopper to fly the Huntsville-Houston trip on the same morning. The first, a Life Flight helicopter, turned back because of the low clouds when it was just 10 miles away from Huntsville. According to Tom Flanagan, chief operating officer of the Memorial Hermann Hospital-The Texas Medical Center, which runs the Life Flight program, the return of their helicopter prompted them to contact PHI, which was based at Bryan airport. PHI was informed of the first flight's failure and weighed the risks before it took the assignment Unfortunately, the second attempt was not successful and resulted in the death of its passenger and three crew members on Monday morning. From jimmnn at comcast.net Sun Jun 29 20:51:54 2008 From: jimmnn at comcast.net (James Richardson) Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:51:54 -0600 Subject: Mid-Air Crash Message-ID: <002501c8da4b$7dc4c8f0$794e5ad0$@net> FLAGSTAFF - Seven people are dead and another three are critically injured after two medical helicopter crashed in Flagstaff. Preliminary reports indicate the helicopter collided near Flagstaff Medical Center. According to an FAA spokesperson, the helicopters collided in mid-air. The crash took place just before 4 p.m. on Sunday. It is still unclear what caused the collision 3TV has a crew on the scene and further information will be provided as it becomes available.