[Scan-DC] AIR INCIDENT

[Andrew Clegg]

Ralph,

Of course, this afternoon was a rare time when I was not recording that 
frequency.

Andy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <johnson at cpcug.org>
To: <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 9:35 PM
Subject: [Scan-DC] AIR INCIDENT


>
> Was anyone monitoring 129.45 at approximately 5:30 p.m. today?
>
> I had been up in the Frederick Watershed doing some amateur work when I
> monitored a Chronic Occluded Pulmonary Disease (COPD, so I was
> told)incident on a flight.
>
> A male passenger on board the flight suffered COPD complications and was
> spread out on the plane's floor being given oxygen from a supplementary
> tank not normally used.  An oncologist on board was assisting the person.
> At times the patient was unresponsive but in one of the last transmissions
> I was able to monitor he was able to open his eyes.
>
> The signal was very weak so I could only catch bits and pieces and it
> disappeared when I started down the hill.  Once I got away from South
> Mountain on US 15 I was not able to reacquire the signal.
>
> Well, I have heard where some people have come into the world on a flight
> and there have been people who have left the world on flights.  Hope he
> made it through.
>
> Ralph Johnson
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> Scan-DC mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/scan-dc
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>