An AirMed helicopter needed a lift after a wind gust caused a tailspin.
From UDOT Region One’s man on the street, the one and only Vic Saunders:
An injured rotor grounded an AirMed helicopter on Monday.
On Monday, November 22, an AirMed helicopter from a Salt Lake City hospital responding to a run-off-the-road crash on westbound I-84 near Riverdale, got a big surprise when, just as it landed, a wind gust blew its tail rotor into a roadside delineator post. That collision shattered the carbon-fiber tail rotor and instantly grounded the helicopter, sending the crash victim it was to transport to Salt Lake to an Ogden hospital by ambulance instead.
Meanwhile, a flat-bed semi truck and crane were dispatched on Tuesday, November 23, to transport the chopper from the scene back to a repair facility in Salt Lake.
A crane and flatbed truck were dispatched to the scene.
Once the crane arrived, it took on a few minutes to get the air ambulance “airborne” again, before setting it down gently on the back of the tractor-trailer, for a quick trip to the repair facility.
The helicopter needed help to get airborne again.
Strapped in, the copter soon headed for the helo-hospital.
I noticed the AirMed emblems are covered, what is the reason for that?
Glad to see everyone is ok!!
That’s crazy. I hope the accident victim survived.
We don’t have information on the victim.
I don’t know why the emblems are covered. I’ll ask around and see if I can find out.
Great picture !!!. helicopter is very nice
wow, hope everyone was alright. That crane is sexy though =P