May 29, 2008 · GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A helicopter practicing approaches crashed on the roof of a hospital Thursday, catching fire moments after the two people on board escaped with minor injuries, a fire official said. The crash around 11 a.m. at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital sent thick, black smoke over downtown and forced the evacuation of patients.

Nov 14, 2009 · The helicopter was operated by Mountain Lifeflight out of Susanville, Gregor said. The company issued a brief statement confirming the loss of all three crew members aboard the helicopter. It was the second fatal crash of a Mountain Lifeflight helicopter returning to Susanville after dropping off a patient at Renown Medical Center in Reno.

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Aug 29, 2011 · The news reports that the pilot radioed that he was going for fuel at a small airport and that was the last report from the helicopter. The next information they were getting was 911 calls regarding a helicopter crash near the airport.

Aug 23, 2007 · Medical copter crash injures 3 in Kansas The Associated Press MULLINVILLE, Kan. | Three members of a LifeTeam medical helicopter crew were injured today when the helicopter crashed while responding to a traffic accident in southwest Kansas.

Apr 29, 2010 · The family of a paramedic who died in a 2008 Medevac helicopter crash in Maryland is suing the federal government for $15 million. The attorney for flight paramedic Mickey Lippy's family said Wednesday that Lippy's wife and young daughter deserve restitution for the "negligent acts" of Federal Av...

Feb 6, 2010 · The helicopter's pilot, William Montgomery of Avondale, Ariz., and two paramedics, John Sutter of Las Cruces and Anthony Archuleta of El Paso, were killed when the aircraft crashed as it prepared to land, according to officials from Omniflight Helicopters, Inc., …

Sep 26, 2009 · The company that owned the helicopter, Addison, Texas-based Omniflight, said 45-year-old pilot Patrick Walters of Murrells Inlet; 42-year-old flight nurse Diana Conner of Florence; and 39-year-old paramedic Randolph Claxton Dove of Bladenboro, N.C., died in the Friday night crash.

Sep 4, 2008 · Good thinking or knee-jerk reaction? Rush Co. halts med copter service after crash Associated Press RUSHVILLE, Ind. — Rush County is suspending use of the Missouri-based Air Evac Lifeteam because of a fatal crash involving one of its medical helicopters. Three crew members were killed Sunday when...

Jun 30, 2008 · So we have 9 fatal helicopter crashes this year with 4 souls per helicopter (patient, pilot, medic and nurse) that is 36 dead if all 4 die in each crash. Now add 4 more because one crash was a double helicopter crash and that's 40 people.