Aviation News & Press Releases
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
NTSB To Meet On Maryland State Trooper Helicopter EMS Accident
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. The Board will meet on the following items:
* On September 27, 2008, an Aerospatiale (Eurocopter), call sign Trooper 2, registered to and operated by the Maryland State Police (MSP) as a public medical evacuation (medevac) flight, impacted terrain in District Heights, Maryland while on approach to Andrews Air Force Base. The flight was attempting an instrument landing system (ILS) approach. The pilot, one flight paramedic, one field provider, and one of two automobile accident patients being transported were killed. The other patient being transported survived with serious injuries from the helicopter accident and was taken to a local hospital.
A live and archived webcast of the proceedings will be available on the Board's website at www.ntsb.gov/Events/Boardmeeting.htm. Technical support details are available under "Board Meetings." To report any problems, please call 703-993-3100 and ask for Webcast Technical Support.
Directions to Board Room: Front door located on Lower 10th Street, directly below L'Enfant Plaza. From Metro, exit L'Enfant Plaza station at 9th and D Streets escalator, walk through shopping mall, at CVS store take escalator down one level. Board room will be to your left.