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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.