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AirMed helicopter in forced landing - Georgia
The aircraft landed on a chain link fence.
An AirMed helicopter based at Doctors Hospital was forced to return for a landing Friday morning.
AirMed Director of Operations Todd Hatfield said the crew had just taken off for a call to pick up a burn patient. A pilot, paramedic and nurse were onboard.
Hatfield said, "As they departed, they got to 50 feet in the air and the pilot realized the engines were losing power. He needed to make a 180 degree turn and didn't quite make it."
The aircraft landed on a chain link fence. Hatfield said the aircraft has
minimal damage.
Nobody on the crew was injured and Hatfield praised the pilot for "an outstanding job."
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Jul 11, 2008,
3:06:32 PM
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