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                   NTSB ADVISORY

National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, DC 20594

March 25, 2010


NTSB SENDING TEAM TO INVESTIGATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

HELICOPTER ACCIDENT IN TENNESEE


The National Transportation Safety Board is sending a team

to investigate the crash of an emergency medical services

(EMS) helicopter this morning in Brownsville, Tennessee,

about 55 miles northeast of Memphis. Three crewmembers were

killed in the accident; there was no patient onboard at the

time of the crash.

NTSB Air Safety Investigator Ralph Hicks has been designated

as Investigator-in-Charge and is traveling to the scene from

the Safety Board’s regional office in Atlanta. NTSB Chairman

Deborah A.P. Hersman will serve as principal spokesman

during the on-scene investigation.