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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
EMS Helicopter Crashes in Alaska
Searchers found the remains of a flight nurse and some wreckage of an emergency medical services helicopter that crashed Monday, Dec. 3 while enroute from Cordova, AK for the Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage. Still missing were the patient, a paramedic and the pilot of the BK 117. The Life Guard Alaska helicopter--one of two leased from Evergreen Helicopters of Alaska--disappeared in blowing snow. It is reported that the crew on an Alaska Air National Guard Pave Hawk helicopter spotted the debris while searching for the LifeGuard helicopter. The Pave Hawk then flew closer and confirmed the human remains, and the left sliding door from the BK-117. The medevac helicopter went down on its way to Anchorage from Cordova Monday evening about 40 minutes into a 90-minute, 150-mile flight. The debris is being turned over to National Transportation Safety Board investigators. An Alaska ANG C-130, a Coast Guard cutter, HC-130 turboprop and Jayhawk helicopter, and the Civil Air Patrol participated in the search and rescue effort, among others.

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