NTSB SENDS GO TEAM TO INVESTIGATE EMS HELICOPTER MIDAIR COLLISION IN ARIZONA

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                       NTSB ADVISORY
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National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

June 30, 2008

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NTSB SENDS GO TEAM TO INVESTIGATE
EMS HELICOPTER MIDAIR COLLISION IN ARIZONA	

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	The National Transportation Safety Board has 
dispatched a Go Team to investigate yesterday's mid-air 
collision of two emergency medical service (EMS) helicopters 
in Flagstaff, Arizona.

	At about 3:48 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on June 29, 
two Bell 407 EMS helicopters (N407GA operated by Air 
Methods, and N407MJ operated by Classic Helicopters) 
collided less than a mile from the Flagstaff Medical Center 
while both approached the hospital for landing.  There are 
reports of 6 fatalities.

	NTSB Senior Air Safety Investigator Aaron Sauer has 
been designated as Investigator-in-Charge and will lead a 
team of four investigators.  NTSB Chairman Mark V. Rosenker 
is accompanying the team and will serve as principal 
spokesman for the on-scene investigation.  Keith Holloway 
has accompanied the team as press officer, and three 
representatives of the Board's Transportation Disaster 
Assistance office are also accompanying the team.

	Keith Holloway may be reached on his cell phone, 202-
557-1350, when he arrives in Flagstaff this morning. 

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NTSB Press Contact:	202-557-1350 (Keith Holloway, Flagstaff)
			202-314-6100 (Washington DC)





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