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Medical Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing in St. Louis


pictured: Arch Helicopter
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Contact photographer Tim Lane
What: Arch Air Medical Services helicopter
Where: St. Louis Downtown Airport.
When: engines failed at 2:35 p.m. Monday
Why: While the helicopter was transporting a patient, it had an emergency, and made a landing at the St. Louis Downtown Airport. Patient was transported to destination by other means.

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