PHI Air Medical - Fatal accident

Date: June 8, 2008  

Program: PHI Air Medical

Type: BH 407
Tail #: N416PH

Injuries: 
	Jana Bishop, Flight Nurse - fatal
	Wayne Kirby, Pilot - fatal
	Stephanie Waters, Flight Paramedic - fatal
	Patient, fatal
	

Description: 
	PHI Air Medical and the emergency medical community mourn the loss of
	three dedicated air medical transport providers and a patient who were
	involved in a fatal helicopter accident Sunday morning while the
	flight crew was transporting the patient from Huntsville to a Houston
	hospital. 
	
	In the early morning hours on Sunday, Air Med 12, located at Coulter
	Field in Bryan,  Texas, flew to Huntsville Memorial Hospital to pick
	up a patient for transport to Houston.   The Med 12 crew followed
	PHI's Enhanced Operational Control policies and procedures. After
	preparing the patient, the crew flew in a southern direction towards
	Houston when an accident occurred approximately 10 miles south of
	Huntsville.  The accident is under investigation by PHI, the NTSB and
	the FAA.

Additional Info: 
	The memorial service information for Wayne, Jana and Stephanie will be
	forthcoming.

Source: Jonathan Collier, Media Contact

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