Care Flight plane crash Nevada

2023 - 2 - 26

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5 dead, including patient and medical personnel, in Care Flight ... (ABC News)

Five people are dead, including a patient and medical personnel, after a Care Flight plane crashed late Friday in Nevada.

"As is Guardian and Care Flight's safety process in these situations, we are in a passive stand down for all Guardian and Care Flight flights across the company," said Care Flight. … Our immediate focus is helping our team members and families, as well as the responding agencies." We are in the process of notifying their family members."

Medical plane broke apart during flight before deadly crash, NTSB ... (CBS News)

Care Flight identified the downed aircraft and said the pilot, a flight nurse, a flight paramedic, a patient and a patient's family member all died.

Care Flight is a service of REMSA Health in Reno and Guardian Flight. I don't even understand why that plane was allowed to take off," Gruenemay said. "It's harder when you don't have the pieces all in one place." The plane was built in 2002. He added investigators would likely be on site for several days before the wreckage of the single-engine Pilatus PC-12 is moved so investigators can try to determine a possible crash cause. "How do we know if the airplane broke up in flight?

Medical services plane crashed in Nevada, killing 5, after apparently ... (CNN)

A medical services airplane that crashed in Western Nevada Friday night and killed all five people on board appears to have broken up mid-flight, ...

Authorities in Lyon County – which encompasses Stagecoach – received multiple calls of a possible aircraft crash around 9:15 p.m Friday. The last radar return showed the plane at an altitude of 11,000. “We are in the process of notifying their family members.” On Saturday, Care Flight said the Lyon County Sheriff’s Department and the Central Lyon Fire Department were coordinating with the NTSB to determine the cause of the crash. “The evidence that we have at this point is that the aircraft broke up in flight,” Landsberg said. “We are heartbroken to report that we have now received confirmation from Central Lyon County Fire Department that none of the five people on board survived,” the organization said in a statement on Facebook early Saturday.

Medevac company's third fatal crash in four years kills 5 in Nevada (The Washington Post)

Transportation officials said Sunday this is the third fatal crash in four years for the Utah-based company.

15 near Kaupo, about 120 miles southeast of Honolulu, according to the preliminary NTSB report. Crews have recovered parts of the right wing and tail section at least a half-mile from the crash site, Landsberg said. Landsberg said he didn’t have any details about what the medical emergency might have been.

Pilot of crashed Nevada Care Flight plane followed passion to fly (Reno Gazette-Journal)

Scott Walton found a passion as a pilot flying to help others get emergency medical care.

“This gave him the greatest opportunity to help others,” he said. He was a professional.” Michael said he remembers flying with his brother when he was learning and trying to get flight hours to get licensed. “He was very much a by-the-book guy when it was time to be serious. He was serious and careful when he needed to be. Michael Walton confirmed his brother was the pilot of the fixed-wing single-engine turboprop plane that crashed Friday in rural Nevada, killing all five on board.

Five killed, including patient, when medical plane crashes in ... (Sacramento Bee)

A medical plane crash near Stagecoach killed all five people aboard, including a patient, Nevada officials say.

[vanished from radar](https://www.remsahealth.com/news/care-flight-incident-updates/) at about 9:45 p.m. 24, CareFlight said in a news release. ](https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national)

NTSB: Care Flight plane broke apart mid-air shortly after taking off ... (KTVN)

February 26 Update: The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held a briefing on their investigation on the Care Flight crash that killed five people ...

We extend our deepest sympathies to the loved ones of the victims lost and our colleagues at— Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue (@TMFPD) Our hearts are with you. [@REMSAHealth]and the family, friends and first responder community dealing with this tragic loss. [@TheEdLawson], our Sparks City Council and all staff extend our deepest thoughts and prayers to the families of those lost in the accident. [pic.twitter.com/pxUTjtaDvz] [February 25, 2023] I’m heartbroken over the lives lost in a REMSA Care Flight medical plane crash near Stagecoach. [pic.twitter.com/k68ou3WoET] [February 25, 2023] Our hearts are heavy today. We will work with each of our operations to ascertain when they are able to return to service." The five people on board were a pilot, a flight nurse, a flight paramedic, a patient and a patient's family member. GoFundMe pages have been created for Ryan Watson, Ed Pricola, Mark Rand, Terri Rand and Scott Watson who are believed to have died in the crash. There were no survivors.