|

Polish Medevac Crash Kills 2 Rescue Workers


Click here for full size photo at Airliners.net
Contact Photographer Bartosz Bujak

What: Mi-2 Plus ambulance helicopter operated by Polish Medical Air Rescue (registration SP-SXF) en route to the scene of an accident near the southwestern town of Budziszow
Where: Jarostów Poland
When: 17-FEB-2009 7:50am
Who: Pilot and medical assistant were killed, while the doctor was taken to a Wroclaw hospital for treatment.
Why: A rescue team of the pilot, a doctor and a medical assistant were flying a rescue mission to a traffic accident at theA-4 freeway to assist a pregnant woman who had crashed in (car) traffic in foggy conditions. The helicopter hit the ground 20 km from their destination and 50 km west of Wroclaw. Visibility was poor and it was snowing.The cause of the helicopter crash is under investigation.

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.

Similar Posts

  • | |

    Small Plane Crash-Lands Near Leesburg Executive Airport, VA

    A small plane crash-landed near Leesburg Executive Airport in Loudoun County, Virginia, on April 22nd.

    The Sonex experimental plane was heading to Georgia when the pilot decided to return to Leesburg due to bad weather. However, as he was approaching the airport, the plane developed an engine issue, forcing him to crash-land in a field.

    The pilot Joseph R. Bryant, 53, of Washington, remained unharmed.

    The FAA is investigating.

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.
  • | |

    Cessna Airplane Crashed in Saskatchewan, Canada; 2 Killed

    CessnaA small Cessna airplane crashed in a field near Torquay in Saskatchewan, Canada, at about 10:15 a.m. on June 15.

    The plane was carrying two people at the time of the accident; both of them were killed. Their names have not yet been disclosed.

    Estevan RMCP and other emergency personnel responded to the scene.

    Transport Canada’s safety board is working to find the cause of accident.

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.
  • | | | |

    Student Pilot Crashes in Ukraine

    What: Ukraine Ministry of Defense Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatross
    Where: Chuhuiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
    When: Sept 22, 2012
    Who: 1 fatality
    Why: In Chuguev, a combat trainer aircraft L-39 crashed on the runway. The student pilot who was flying the plane when it crashed died at the scene.

    The pilot was a third year student and had completed 71 flights.

    The incident is under investigation. Use of L-39 planes has been suspended pending the investigation.

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.
  • | |

    Two not Fatalities of Nigerian Helicopter Crash

    A Nigerian Navy Agusta A109E on Ogbia Creek, Bayelsa Nigeria on Dec 15, 2012, 1500 hrs. The Nigerian Navy helicopter crashed in Bayelsa Nigeria that crashed Saturday killed a six including Patrick Yakowa, General Andrew Azazi, governor’s aide, Dauda Tsoho and Warrant Officer Mohammed Kamal who is Azazi’s aide as well as the pilots, Commander Murtala Mohammed Daba and Lt. Adeyemi O. Sowole.

    Two entertainers, Ramsey Nouah and Timi Dakolo who were presumed dead were not aboard a helicopter. They missed the charter flight to Oronto Douglas’s father’s funeral.

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.
  • |

    Crash Magnet Park in Thailand: Kaeng Krachan National Park

    What: Thai army helicopter
    Where: Kaeng Krachan National Park, Phetchabhuri province, Thailand
    Who: 2 pilots, 1 soldier
    Why: Three choppers went down this month in Thailand:
    A Bell 212 in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Phetchabhuri province with 2 pilots and one soldier killed, and one injured;

    Black hawk helicopter killed 9, crashing in a rainstorm in Kaeng Krachan National Park while searching for the wreckage of the first incident;

    Huey chopper in Kaeng Krachan National Park crashed while en route to pick up 5 officials who were investigating/arresting illegal loggers.

    In George’s Point of View


    We know it was most likely weather related, but one almost wonders if the loggers–or the trees–are anti-aircraft equipped.

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.
  • | |

    Small Plane Crash in Wisconsin Kills Four

    A small plane crashed near Monroe Municipal Airport in Green County, Wisconsin, on June 10th.

    The Cessna 182 plane was transporting four people from Kenosha to Monroe, Wisconsin, when it went down about a mile north of the airport.

    All four people aboard were killed in the crash.

    The cause of crash is under investigation.

    To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.