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Posted By y_soitenly 9 months, 3 weeks ago in NewsFebruary 3, 2009 (WLS) --
A public hearing began Tuesday in Washington on the safety of medical helicopters. It follows a string of deadly crashes, including one in Aurora back in October that killed four people, including a young child.
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y_soitenly9 months, 3 weeks ago
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Commercial aviation has been remarkably safe, but over the last six years, at least 77 people nationwide have died in medical helicopter crashes. And last year was the worst year yet.
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Relatives of many of those victims are pushing for safety changes including a young family for whom the pain is still raw. -
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nostalgia9 months, 3 weeks ago
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FTA:
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they've learned what the NTSB already knew - that many EMS helicopters - like the one that carried their daughter - operate without terrain awareness warning systems and without standard flight risk assessments.
Two years ago, the NTSB recommended those things be required, but the FAA has not done that yet.
Inexcusable! How about a line item in the stimulus plan to correct this? I'd rather see money go toward this problem than building a water park in FL
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