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News tagged with 'Medical Helicopters'

Making Emergency Medical Helicopters Safer After Disasterous 2008
Posted by Jane Akre
September 02, 2009 10:53 AM

The NTSB wants more pilot training and sophisticated equipment for medical helicopters to avoid the fatal helicopter crashes that have killed 35 people in the last two years.

NTSB Holds Public Hearings to Assess Medical Helicopter Safety
Posted by Chrissie Cole
February 03, 2009 8:36 PM

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held the first of four days of public hearings in Washington, to address the rise in medical helicopter accidents.

Medical Flights Raise Questions After Sixth Crash Since May
Posted by Chrissie Cole
July 02, 2008 1:57 AM

Two medical helicopters on their way to a hospital in Flagstaff, Arizona, collided on Sunday, killing six and seriously injury one. Sixteen people have died this year in seven crashes, involving eight helicopters, according to National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials.

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