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Medical helicopter hits wires on approach to St. Luke's
A PennSTAR helicopter landing early Thursday morning at St. Luke's Hospital in Schuylkill County struck power lines, knocking out power, St. Luke's University Health Network said in a news release. The helicopter was able to land safely about 2:20 a.m. and none of the personnel on board was injured, the hospital system said. (www.lehighvalleylive.com) Plus d'info...
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Glad they made it down ok.
How does a "high time" "skilled" pilot have an occurrence such as this. Unless extreme wind conditions, would think he was very familiar with this approach?
Article states: "The aircraft owner and operator, Metro Aviation, follows the published FFA reporting mandate regulations and will solely determine next steps," Higgins wrote.
Pretty sure it's the FAA, not the FFA.
Pretty sure it's the FAA, not the FFA.
