Friday, March 13, 2015

1 DEAD, 2 INJURED IN ANOTHER EAGLEMED MEDICAL HELICOPTER CRASH IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA IN EUFAULA







MARCH 13, 2015

EUFAULA, OKLAHOMA

Authorities say one person is dead and two are injured after an EagleMed LLC medical helicopter crashed in the woods in eastern Oklahoma.

McIntosh County Emergency Management Director Wesley Dawson says the crash was reported about 11:40 p.m. Thursday. Dawson says searchers on foot and on all-terrain vehicles found the wreckage about 4 a.m. Friday.  The U.S. Air Force assisted in locating the crash site west of Eufaula, about 120 miles east of Oklahoma City.

The crash site is west of Eufaula, about 120 miles east of Oklahoma City.
EagleMed, of Wichita, Kansas, said in a statement that all three on board the helicopter were EagleMed employees. No names or the conditions of the survivors have been released.

"First and foremost our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of those involved and our entire EagleMed family," the company, based in Wichita, Kansas, said in a statement.

The aircraft, an Airbus AS350, was flying to McAlester from Tulsa when it crashed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, and no patients were on board.

A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman says agency investigators are being sent to the scene and that the National Transportation Safety Board will lead the investigation.

There have been other deadly crashes of EagleMed helicopters in the past.