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Medical helicopter crashes responding to fatal accident in Butler County
Medical chopper crashes while landing at a vehicle accident site. Two pickup truck crash was so bad, they initially called for three medical choppers. Request later reduced to one chopper. (www.fox19.com) More...
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Never understood why small rural areas cannot train Fire/Police personnel on bringing in these medical Helos safely. I spent 7 years on a very Rural F/D and had numerous classes on how to properly marshal these folks in when we needed to call them.
A friends dad was killed piloting an EMS helicopter. There were issues in the night time LZ selected by local responders and also in the obstruction information provided to him. NTSB put full blame on him as the PIC. A law suit against the fir department was only partly successful as the court rules the the PIC is “predominantly” responsible for the safe landing.
The story says they posted a fireman to to do exactly that. Maybe the crew did not see that person.
Helo crews also need to be a lot more self-sufficient & survey landing spots better as well. If you want a good example - youtube search ADAC helicopter landing - and watch the hours of incredible airmanship and landing in places and confines you would never imagine possible, 98% of the time with no spotter. Those are some damn well trained and highly skilled pilots.
And here is the tag line under the damaged helicopter, which is a best 100% mis-leading
“The fatal crash in Butler County happened early Tuesday morning.”
The fatality was from the pickup truck accident you ignorant editor!
“The fatal crash in Butler County happened early Tuesday morning.”
The fatality was from the pickup truck accident you ignorant editor!
As a Paramedic i will say this is tragic but may be indicative of a failure in the educational system to work with the ground crews and the flight crews to ensure a successful air evac and patient outcome.
