EC135 Down in Wisconsin,

[chuckthepilot]

http://www.channel3000.com/news/16230357/detail.html


3 dead. Good luck and god bless to all involved.

 

[Spooky 2]

http://www.channel3000.com/news/16230357/detail.html


3 dead. Good luck and god bless to all involved.

This is a personal tragedy beyond belief as I have known Darren since he was a little kid. Always wanted to be a Dr. and was recently voted as the #1 ER doctor in Madison. Married to another physician with two children. My wife and I are close to his parents and as hard as this seems his biological father was also killed in a airplane accident about thirty years ago.

 

[ultrarunner]

This is so sad. It does cause one to look at these operation however...

The life expectancy is so crappy in these types of operations that it begs the question on which flights are actually needed.

This flight appeared to be simply a patient drop-off as opposed to a life-and-death rescue mission.

I'll take my chances on the road...

 

[Rotorhead]

UW Medflight is a top shelf outfit. Till this incident they had a 23 year accident free record. Outstanding bunch of people. Well run operation. This stands as an example of how dangerous EMS helo ops are. Pilot pay in EMS is shameful. I turned down this job twice due to CJ systems shameful pay rates. Not sure if Methods has done anything to fix this. Godspeed fellow aviators.

 

[chuckthepilot]

This flight appeared to be simply a patient drop-off as opposed to a life-and-death rescue mission.

I'll take my chances on the road...

I haven't been in EMS for that long, but from what I understand it's become quite a different industry from the "wild west" days that were. The big emphasis now is on being an "aviation company" opposed to an "EMS company." Life and death, routine, they all carry the same priority, to safely do the job. Unfortunately, as with a lot of accidents, I don't think the NTSB will find much, chalk it up to pilot error, and nobody will ever really know what happened.

And dear god Rotorhead, isn't yoyodyne a Buckaroo Banzai reference? I can't believe I remembered that!

 

[Rotorhead]

And dear god Rotorhead, isn't yoyodyne a Buckaroo Banzai reference? I can't believe I remembered that!

Sure is.....remember, where ever you go, there you are......