The medical helicopter that took the infant to the hospital… All four passengers were rescued without serious injuries.
Emergency landing with damage to pedestrians, power lines, and houses in broad daylight… “A miracle happened”
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jong-seok Yoon = A medical helicopter carrying a newborn baby crash-landed in a residential area in Philadelphia, USA, and the aircraft was split in two, but all four people on board, including the baby, were rescued without serious injuries.
At that time, the helicopter fell, avoiding the complicated electric cords hanging around it, and the impact caused it to slide off the ground and stop using a shrubbery outside the church building as a cushion.
According to the Associated Press and local media, a medical helicopter crash-landed next to a church in Drexle Hill, Philadelphia, around 12:55 pm on the 11th (local time).
(AP = Yonhap News) At 12:55 pm on the 11th (local time), a medical helicopter carrying a newborn baby crashed on a residential area in Philadelphia, USA, and the aircraft was split in two, but all four passengers, including infants, were rescued without serious injuries. Resale and DB Prohibited.
The helicopter was carrying a two-month-old girl and a nurse from a hospital in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on its way to Philadelphia Children’s Hospital.
The helicopter flew low in search of a place for an emergency landing due to an aircraft malfunction within 45 minutes of the start of flight.
However, it was difficult to land in a residential area where Drexle Hill’s buildings were densely populated, and the helicopter eventually crashed at the intersection of a residential road.
The aircraft hit the ground with a strong impact and fell sideways, in the aftermath, it slid across the road and crashed into a nearby church building, stopping.
An eyewitness said, “At the time, the helicopter flew fairly low with smoke, then fell to the ground strongly a couple of times, bounced back up, and then fell to the side again and slipped off the ground.”
There were a total of four people on the helicopter, including a two-month-old girl, a pilot and a crew member, but they were rescued safely without any major injuries.
The helicopter fuselage was split in two because the tail and the connecting point fell off, but fortunately the body with the passengers was not seriously damaged.
(AP = Yonhap News) At 12:55 pm on the 11th (local time), a medical helicopter carrying a newborn baby crashed on a residential area in Philadelphia, USA, and the aircraft was split in two, but all four passengers, including infants, were rescued without serious injuries. Resale and DB Prohibited.
Rescue authorities explained that a wire connected to a telephone pole was passing next to the church at the time, but the helicopter did not touch the wire during the crash landing.
It is said that the crash-landed helicopter was able to absorb the shock because it was a pile of shrubs planted next to the church building where it slipped and crashed.
Another eyewitness said: “I can’t believe the helicopter crash-landed without touching any wires and crashing into anyone on the ground, including me.”
Upper Darby Police Chief Timothy Bernhardt said: “It was a miracle that none of the four occupants, including an infant patient, were seriously injured.”
Aviation authorities are investigating the exact cause of the accident. The aircraft involved in the accident was a Eurocopter EC135.
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