Thursday, October 16, 2008

Air Angels Fatal Crash Kills Infant Girl, Crew in Chicago

Four people, including a one-year-old girl, have perished in an Air Angels flight crash in Chicago en-route to a children's hospital.

The Air Angels emergency medical transport flight, a Bell 222 helicopter, was en-route to Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago from Valley West Hospital in Sandwich when it crashed to the ground.

The helicopter crashed around midnight on October 15 in a vacant corn field in east Aurora, killing all passengers on-board as the vessel burst into flames.

Witnesses claim the helicopter crashed into a 750-foot high radio transmission tower in midair, exploding before hitting the ground - and exploding again.

The little girl was being transported because of her epileptic seizures.

Source:  Post Chronicle.


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