Rushville, IN Helicopter Crash

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God bless the pilot, nurse, and paramedic killed today. And God be with their families and friends during this time.

http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8929211

Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.

How terribly sad, Bethin. Hugs and condolences to you and their families.

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Specializes in Emergency/Trauma/Education.
Has there been information released on what's caused all these crashes? I know a couple of years ago, at least one was the fault of the helicopter design.

They're speculating that the main rotors somehow came apart from the aircraft. The rotors were found over 200 yards away from the fuselage.

My continued prayers for all those affected.

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Specializes in ER, Med/Surg.

There were some reports that eyewitnesses saw "something fall" from the helicopter before it crashed.

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I'd only get in an EMS-loaded 206 if it was the last aircraft lifting off a burning building. If the building was four stories or less, I'd take my chances with jumping.

This was a tragedy. The loss of the crew, I'm sure, was devastating to their loved ones and the EMS community.

But,

Programs of this sort ride the bottom line straight to these holes in cornfields.

I love this work, and feel that it's important. I fly in a state-of-the-art, medium, twin-engine aircraft with every possible (well beyond "mandated") safety feature. The pilots I work with are exerienced, carefully selected and rigorously trained. Safety here is first, last and everything in between. My job is "risky", but I'm at peace with it.

People that work for operations that fly underpowered, dated aircraft with minimal safety equipment have jobs that are "dangerous". I guess they'd better be at peace with that, and everything else, too.

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Specializes in HEMS 6 years.

My condolences to the family and friends of the Flight Crew of LifeTeam 76.

This thread was started as an opportunity for us to offer condolences. It is my view that discussing HEMS Safety and bad mouthing their company in the same thread is disrespectful.

If anyone wishes to discuss HEMS safety and offer up their opinions please visit this thread: https://allnurses.com/forums/f19/surge-air-ambulance-accidents-318108.html

or start a new discussion.

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There were some reports that eyewitnesses saw "something fall" from the helicopter before it crashed.

That might just be the case. This is a very safe helicopter design and one that I have many hours in. Failure of the component mentioned in this case is exceptionally rare.

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20080909X01417&key=1

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