Medical Helicopters In Fatal Collision Near Arizona Hospital
What horrible irony: “A helicopter ferrying a patient with a medical emergency from the Grand Canyon collided into another chopper carrying a patient near a northern Arizona hospital, leaving six people dead and critically injuring a nurse…An explosion on one of the aircraft after the crash injured two emergency workers who arrived with a ground ambulance company. “
While no cause was yet published, the lack of air traffic control may have contributed. “It’s rare for two medical helicopters to attempt to land at a hospital at the same time…it’s up to the pilots to watch each other as they approach.” [Source]