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One of the organization's helicopters crashed into Puget Sound on September 11, 1995, while en route to Bainbridge Island to pick up a woman in labor. Two nurses and one pilot were killed in the incident. [4] The pilot and sole occupant of an Airlift Northwest helicopter sustained serious injuries in a crash near Granite Falls in 2002.
Northwest Airlines Flight 85 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in the United States to Narita International Airport in Japan. On October 9, 2002, while over the Bering Sea , the Boeing 747-400 experienced a lower rudder hardover event, which occurs when an aircraft's rudder deflects to ...
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Northwest MedStar was a non-profit medical transport company headquartered in Spokane, Washington with bases in Spokane and the Tri-Cities, Washington area. The company serviced the states of Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana, transporting critical-care patients using its fleet of helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, and ambulances.
Seattle Tower tried several times to get the pilot of the aircraft to identify himself but received no response. [4] A nearby Alaska Airlines jet on the ground reported that the aircraft began a takeoff roll with its wheels smoking, [4] and an unauthorized takeoff was made at 19:32 local time (02:32 UTC, August 11).
In 2013 LifeFlight chose the Agusta 119KX as its helicopter platform leasing them for 10 years from a Chinese firm. Arizona-based Tri-State Care Flight assisted LFN in bridging the gap by allowing LFN to operate their new aircraft under Tri-State’s 135 certificate while maintaining in-service status and attaining their own part 135 certificate.
Can we imagine ourselves back on that awful day in the summer of 2010, in the hot firefight that went on for nine hours? Men frenzied with exhaustion and reckless exuberance, eyes and throats burning from dust and smoke, in a battle that erupted after Taliban insurgents castrated a young boy in the village, knowing his family would summon nearby Marines for help and the Marines would come ...
The 56-year-old de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter was manufactured in 1967 by Canadian aircraft company De Havilland Canada and issued serial number 466.. Prior to being registered in the United States, the aircraft was registered C-FVQD in Canada, having been acquired and operated by several Canadian airlines, charter operators, and private owners during the first 46 years of its lifespan.