Rotorcraft attempting to land, struck a powerline and crashed to the ground.
Air Methods Corporation
ANDALUSIA, Alabama - First responders are on the scene of a medical helicopter crash in the south Alabama city of Andalusia.
LifeNet
Date: 29-JUL-22
Time: 20:10:00Z
Regis#: N124LN
Aircraft Make: EUROCOPTER
Aircraft Model: AS 350
Event Type: ACCIDENT
Highest Injury: MINOR
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: DESTROYED
Activity: AMBULANCE
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
Operation: 135
Aircraft Operator: AIR METHODS
City: ANDALUSIA
State: ALABAMA
Details are limited, but the rotorcraft crashed across from Dean’s Cake House on Snowden Drive, according to Covington County Sheriff Blake Turman.
Turman said the helicopter was enroute to a hospital. The aircraft had some difficulties and crashed.
A pilot and two medics were inside the helicopter at the time, Turman said. The pilot was seriously injured, and the medics were injured.
City officials are asking the public to avoid the area as a number of power lines are down.
City and Covington County EMA personnel are on the scene and an investigation is underway.
City of Andalusia Utilities crews are beginning to restore the five power lines that were broken when a medical helicopter crashed earlier today in the edge of Packer Field, at about the corner of Packer and Robinson.
The downed helicopter was an emergency craft and not the Friends of Army Aviation Huey that has been giving rides in the field today.
Two victims were transported by ambulance to Andalusia Health. A third was airlifted from the scene.
We appreciate the support of Covington Electric, who is sending a crew to assist us in restoring power.
Andalusia is a really small town in the middle of nowhere southern middle Alabama with limited medical capabilities. I hope the pilot was airlifted to Montgomery. It's always awful reading reports of those who put their lives on the line to save ours and get hurt doing so.
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