[Scan-DC] NTSB TO MEET ON MARYLAND STATE TROOPER HELICOPTER EMS ACCIDENT

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NTSB TO MEET ON MARYLAND STATE TROOPER HELICOPTER EMS ACCIDENT 

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NTSB TO MEET ON MARYLAND STATE TROOPER HELICOPTER EMS 

ACCIDENT AND BUS CRASH IN TEXAS


The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public 

Board meeting on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 9:30 a.m., in 

its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, 

S.W., Washington, D.C. 

 

On September 27, 2008, an Aerospatiale (Eurocopter), call 

sign Trooper 2, registered to and operated by the 

Maryland State Police (MSP) as a public medical 

evacuation (medevac) flight, impacted terrain in District 

Heights, Maryland while on approach to  Andrews Air Force 

Base.  The flight was attempting an instrument landing 

system (ILS) approach. The pilot, one flight paramedic, 

one field provider, and one of two automobile accident 

patients being transported were killed. The other patient 

being transported survived with serious injuries from the 

helicopter accident and was taken to a local hospital. 

Media Contact:  Keith Holloway 


A live and archived webcast of the proceedings will be 

available on the Board's website at 

www.ntsb.gov/Events/Boardmeeting.htm. Technical support 

details are available under "Board Meetings." To report any 

problems, please call 703-993-3100 and ask for Webcast 

Technical Support.

 

Directions to Board Room: Front door located on Lower 10th 

Street, directly below L'Enfant Plaza. From Metro, exit 

L'Enfant Plaza station at 9th and D Streets escalator, walk 

through shopping mall, at CVS store take escalator down one 

level. Board room will be to your left.

 
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NTSB Press Contact  

(202) 314-6100  
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