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at work. Yesterday, the helicopter for the burn center left to pick up a patient at a hospital across the state. After leaving the helipad, the pilot experienced engine trouble and turned to come back. When he was a few hundred yards out, he lost BOTH engines at the SAME time. He was able to clear the highway near the helipad; he had a "hard landing" very close to the pad. He took out the protective area fence and did some damage to the aircraft. Although the crew was shook up, no one was injured.


The FAA flew over from Atlanta to take some photos, download data from the box, and test the fuel in both the aircraft tank and fuel truck providing the fuel. The company owning the chopper is unsure how/why they simultaneously lost both engines.

Back when I spent some time riding in helicopters for rescue purposes, I preferred twin engine aircraft because the chances of losing both engines is extremely remote.

The crane picked the helicopter up and placed it next to the maintenance hanger just off the helipad. Total time the helipad was out of service was about six hours. Other air ambulances coming to our burn center were directed to our local municipal airport.


I was hoping for a quick Friday, but didn't get one!

Juan.©amaney

I should ban you for using bmp....convert to jpg damnit!

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Juan, how do I do that? I tried opening the pics in different programs on my comp, but didn't see an offering to convert to jpg. Either "save as" wasn't active, or jpg wasn't an offering. I hate bmp, but thought I was stuck with 'em.

If I can convert to jpg, I can take the current photos out and replace them.

licupssy

Here's JPG

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