Re: Crash today?

["Shane Lunsford" <shanelunsford@hotmail.com>]

June 21, 2002, 3:03 PM EDT


NORFOLK, Neb. -- A medical helicopter crashed as it attempted an emergency
landing Friday, killing the pilot, authorities said.

A nurse and paramedic aboard the chopper were injured, with at least one
considered to be "very seriously injured," Federal Aviation Administration
spokesman Tony Molinaro said.

The three are employees of LifeNet of the Heartland, a medical
transportation company, said regional director Lee McCammon.

The helicopter had left a Norfolk hospital shortly after noon when it
experienced a problem and attempted to make an emergency landing at Karl
Stefan Memorial Airport, about three miles away, McCammon said.

McCammon did not know where the chopper was headed, or what kind of problem
had developed.

The crash was the first involving one of LifeNet's fleet of eight medical
aircraft since the company was created in 1996, McCammon said. The company
has crews based in Norfolk and Omaha, as well as cities in Kansas and
Missouri.

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On The Net:

LifeNet of the Heartland: http://www.lifenetrmh.homestead.com
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