Air transport crew lost.....

[PageRespiratory!]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/08/copter.crash.ap/index.html

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Tragic.

[Katnip, RN]

My heart goes out to their family and friends.

[NeosynephRN]

Many prayers for these families.

[onyx77]

Such a sad story. My heart and prayers go out to all family and friends of those involved.

Why does it seems that these stories are in the news more frequently these days?

[suzy253, RN]

Very tragic indeed...

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

So tragic.

[leslie :-D]

suddenly my stomach feels very sick.

leslie

[PMHNP10]

I hate to add this point, but I think it should be mentioned that today would have been Stephanie Waters' (the nurse) birthday. So horrible.

[hypocaffeinemia, BSN, RN]

Several of the nurses in our ER used to work with her (Jana Bishop). They will be missed.

[TexasPediRN]

Absolutely horrible..

Its all over the news here...said it will be months before they even figure out what happened..

[GingerSue]

very tragic

[Miss Mab]

Why does it seems that these stories are in the news more frequently these days?

Very sad and tragic news. Shared condolences to the affect families.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/search/ci_9477534

Ironic that just this past week a major news story has come out highlighting one such problem facing civilian air ambulance crews due to our current involvement overseas and why this may be happening more orften.

I, of course, have no idea if this contributed in any way to this particular sad loss, but if you read the full article it states something like the lack of these visual aids contributed to at least >13 of air evac crashes in the one recent year they have current #'s for.

Perhaps this industry may be a victim of unintended consequences?

Interesting read and an issue of great concern to those in the community.