UMMC Vice-Chancellor Dr. Louanne Woodward is holding a press conference right now on the AirCare crash today. It is live-streamed below courtesy of WLBT.
The flight was AirCare 3 from Columbus. AirCare 3 completed a patient transport. The helicopter refueled and was traveling back to Columbus. There was not a patient on the helicopter. Three crew members, a pilot and two medical personnel, perished in the crash.
The helicopter and pilot are leased from Medtran.
The FAA is investigating the crash.
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Such a horrible tragedy. May God grant the families some peace while they grieve.
Terrible but a reminder that tomorrow is promised to no one.
Prayers for those lost. Sounds like engine failure and attempted autorotor landing, which may have been why he was trying to get to the trace. With autorotor attempted, he had to make it to somewhere he could make a heavy landing. Not possible in trees.
@6:12 PM It's "autorotation" and the EC135 is a twin-engine helicopter. There are dozens of possibilities ranging from pilot incapacitation, fuel starvation/contamination, catastrophic rotor system failure, and on and on.
Not knowing any of these people, but reading articles about different individuals that do this daily, they don’t retire early. These people love this job. I’ve heard stories from a nurse and the unimaginable situations these people deal with would cause a lot of us to have PTSD. Gratitude to all who c choose this line of work and their loved ones. There are stories in the Bible of horrible things happening to wonderful people. It’s crucial that we not just pray for these families and all families, but grasp for a better understanding of how following the words in the Bible can heal a hurting human being. I Eff Up all the time, but craving the written history of Christ makes me stronger everyday.
BREAKING: chopper down
6:12: I know what happened
US: Teach us more
Question: Is autorotor (aka, autorotation) something that is practiced?
So, no need for the FAA to show up.
I missed the term due to autocorrect. Yes, they practice autorotation, usually on simulator. The pilot would have known the procedure. It is one of those "If this doesn't work, all is lost" procedures. Autorotate and at the last moment flair and hit the ground hard, but survive. The one photo that showed the side of the aircraft, showed heavy trees, which probably ruined anything he thought might work. Prayers for them, And for the other guy, what did I write that made you think I meant anything like the FAA is not needed?
I hope they had the chance to autorotate. Hope it wasn’t something with hydraulics and they’re left with immobile controls and a front row view of trees getting bigger.
Medical plane crashed a month ago up north now this helicopter. What the heck is going on??????????????
NTSB "Go Team" landing at JAN at 10:10 this morning in FAA jet.
Helicopter: 10,000 parts flying in close formation.
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