Fatal medical copter crash

[GalvestonDuck]

(Can't help but say under my breath "Damn illegals!" If they hadn't have needed the trip, chances are the flight would not have been necessary and the crew would still be alive.)

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DATE 3/21/04 0219

PROGRAM Care Star

VENDOR Med Trans

ADDRESS
Odessa, TX

WEATHER thunderstorms

AIRCRAFT_TYPE Bell 407

INJURIES Mickey Price, Pilot - fatal
Paul Lujan, Paramedic - fatal
Ana Urias, pt.s mother - fatal
Pedro Modesto, patient - fatal
Ronald Stephens, Nurse - injured


DESCRIPTION Aircraft had left Big Bend Regional Hospital at
0145 and was headed to the University Medical
Center in Lubbock. The last contact they had
with the aircraft was at 0219 when the pilot was
near Pecos giving an update on his position when
he said "hold on a minute". There was no further
response from the pilot.The aircraft was found
shortly after 0600 in a remote area of Southern
Ward County. The mother and child lived in
Mexico but had crossed the border to seek medical
help.

SOURCE CeCe Wilmes, Dir. EMS& Flight Services

VIA Roseanne Krantz, CONCERN

[stormraiser]

My condolences to the families involved.

[bfez1]

Condolences to all involved.

[Rainband]

(Can't help but say under my breath "Damn illegals!" If they hadn't have needed the trip, chances are the flight would not have been necessary and the crew would still be alive.)

Condolence book
http://www.flightweb.com/condolences/

News:
http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/0322 ... ilot.shtml


DATE 3/21/04 0219

PROGRAM Care Star

VENDOR Med Trans

ADDRESS
Odessa, TX

WEATHER thunderstorms

AIRCRAFT_TYPE Bell 407

INJURIES Mickey Price, Pilot - fatal
Paul Lujan, Paramedic - fatal
Ana Urias, pt.s mother - fatal
Pedro Modesto, patient - fatal
Ronald Stephens, Nurse - injured


DESCRIPTION Aircraft had left Big Bend Regional Hospital at
0145 and was headed to the University Medical
Center in Lubbock. The last contact they had
with the aircraft was at 0219 when the pilot was
near Pecos giving an update on his position when
he said "hold on a minute". There was no further
response from the pilot.The aircraft was found
shortly after 0600 in a remote area of Southern
Ward County. The mother and child lived in
Mexico but had crossed the border to seek medical
help.

SOURCE CeCe Wilmes, Dir. EMS& Flight Services

VIA Roseanne Krantz, CONCERN

Shawn if it was mechanical the crash would have happened anyway at a later time. I just think that comment was a bit harsh They are still human beings.

[GalvestonDuck]

Maybe it was harsh. And I'll need to wait until the NTSB report until I can say for sure what the cause of the crash was, but there was rough weather during the flight (according to the news article).

But if her child was so sick, why risk all the legal hassle with the border patrol and other obstacles of getting over here? Why not stay in Mexico and let him be treated there? Why risk being rejected and sent back without US medical treatment anyway? Now she and her son are dead.

[TexasStooge]

Condolences to all involved.