Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Medical Evacuation Helicopters: Free-for-all over Flagstaff skies ... ?

Local flights have optional radio protocols by : At FMC [Flagstaff Medical Center] for example, the hospital does not maintain a control tower to direct and tracks flights. Also, it is considered optional for pilots of emergency medical helicopters to give their movements to controllers at Flagstaff Pulliam Airport if they are not entering the airport’s three-mile airspace.

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Six people were killed in the collision of two medical helicopters collided over Flagstaff on June 29. Both helicopters were making a beeline to the Flagstaff Medical Center.

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