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Fatal HEMS Crash in South Carolina

Steve Scott

Monday, October 5th, 2009

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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the fatal crash of an emergency medical service (EMS) helicopter near Georgetown, SC on Sept. 25. The Eurocopter AS-350 B2 (N417AE) helicopter EMS (HEMS) crashed at about 11:30 p.m. ET during a positioning flight after dropping off a patient in Charleston about two hours earlier. All three people on board---the pilot, flight nurse and paramedic---were killed. It was the first fatal HEMS accident in 2009. NTSB Investigator Todd Gunther was designated Investigator-in-Charge…

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