Aurora Medical Helicopter Crash
An Air Angels helicopter crashed in Aurora, Illinois, killing three crew members and a baby girl they were transporting. The medical helicopter was en route to Children's Memorial from Valley West Community Hospital when it crashed in a vacant field in the Chicago suburb. The helicopter clipped a wire that supported a radio station's 750-foot tower. It is unknown whether the helicopter was in distress before hitting the wire.1
Fast Facts
- Bell 222 helicopter
- Owned by Air Angels
- A one-year-old patient, the pilot, a nurse and paramedic were killed1
- The one-year-old child was being treated for epileptic seizures
- Helicopter crashed the night of Wednesday, October 15, 2008
- Reportedly clipped a wire supporting a radio station tower1
- Debris was spread over a 75- to 100-foot-wide area; wreck was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived1
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