Ornge Sikorsky Air ambulance accident Northern Ontario

[EA757]

Air ambulance crashes in Northern Ontario

A search and rescue effort is underway after an air ambulance crashed while en route from Moosonee to Attawapiskat early Friday morning.

Two crew members and two paramedics were on board the air ambulance at the time.

[EA757]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nat ... e12282727/

[monkey]

Horrible news RIP

[Bede]

Horrible news to start the day.

Prayers to the families who lost a dedicated family member.

[Lost in Saigon]

Air ambulance crashes in Northern Ontario

A search and rescue effort is underway after an air ambulance crashed while en route from Moosonee to Attawapiskat early Friday morning.

Two crew members and two paramedics were on board the air ambulance at the time.

[bizjets101]

Military rescue crews had managed to parachute into the scene shortly after daybreak Friday, a CFB Trenton spokesman had said.

“It’s in dense brush about two miles off the airport,” Capt. Keith Hoey told the Star.

The helicopter had been flying from its base in Moosonee to Attawapiskat when it went down just after midnight.

CYMO Moosonee Airport

[laticsdave]

Please PM medics' names - my friend and former collegue was working his last shift in YMO before transferring to YQT. Hoping he wasn't on board.
RIP

[Sulako]

Terrible news. When I flew medevacs, Moose was a familiar stop. My thoughts and prayers are with the crew, their families and their coworkers This is a very sad day.

[flyinthebug]

Terrible news. When I flew medevacs, Moose was a familiar stop. My thoughts and prayers are with the crew, their families and their coworkers This is a very sad day.

+1. Ive been in and out of Moose too many times to count. This is indeed a sad day. My condolences to the friends and family of those lost. These northern medevac teams are top notch people who sacrifice alot to provide the services they do, in the most remote places in our country. My respect for those that do this job!

Fly safe all.

[laticsdave]

A very unhappy day.
RIP my friend.

[185_guy]

Very sad news.
RIP
Condolences to all effected

[CLguy]

What a f***ing day this is! Unbelievable!

Condolences to all the families!

[Rogerdodger2]

Please PM the names of the medics. My wife is a nurse and sees the all the time at the hospital.

Thanks

[bizjets101]

TORONTO, May 31, 2013 /CNW/ - Ornge advises that a news conference will be held today at 11:30 a.m. in the lobby at its head office, 5310 Explorer Drive, Mississauga. Rob Giguere, Chief Operating Officer will deliver remarks pertaining to this morning's fatal accident.

A teleconference line will be available. Details are as follows:

416-849-7326 / 1-888-848-5559
Participant: 785-9914#

SOURCE: Ornge

[westcoastwonder]

I think this is the latest

http://read.thestar.com/#!/article/51a8 ... rn-ontario

The paramedics named for those of you that knew them.
Tremendously sad day

RIP

[Prairie Chicken]

So sad. My condolences to all affected.

[Takman74]

Very sad day. My condolences to the families of the medics and crew.

[boeingboy]

Names have been released. RIP.

The four victims were identified as Capt. Don Filliter of Skead, Ont., First Officer Jacques Dupuy, of Otterburn-Park, Que., paramedic Dustin Dagenais, of Moose Factory, Ont., and paramedic Chris Snowball, of Burlington, Ont.

[Rowdy]

Simply brutal My sincerest and most heartfelt condolences and hugs to all the families, friends and co workers.

[midwingcrisis]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsbcanada/ ... 3838887493

Aerial view of accident site.

[Siddley Hawker]

Sad day indeed. Those are the guys that put their asses on the line so others may live, then something like this happens.
Condolences to the families, friends and co-workers.

[Quad18star]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsbcanada/ ... 3838887493

Aerial view of accident site.

Do you know if that's an area that has been cut to get into the site or is that all caused by the helicopter?

[Kilo-Kilo]

Simply shocking. Everybody should come home a the end of the workday. Deepest condolences to all four families.

[flyinthebug]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsbcanada/ ... 3838887493

Aerial view of accident site.

Do you know if that's an area that has been cut to get into the site or is that all caused by the helicopter?

Shocking photo to say the least.

There is very clearly aircraft debris strewn all along that path of the cut. It would be safe to assume it was made by the aircraft.

Wow, so incredibly sad.

[oldncold]

My crew received a wx ck call shortly after 1250am, accepted with no destination we dispatched at 0100 local edst after a briefing from ornge ymo. It was a blacker than black as a coal mine night, good visibilty , light rain, decent ceilings 4600 ft . searched for 1.4 hrs air time landed at 0326 edst . no joy which; would be made apparent once the daylight came and the postition of wreckage .
As p.i.c. flew several increasing diameter orbits starting at airport then/3, 5/ ten /17 /and finally 23miles north and west at altitudes ranging from 500 ft to 1600ft agl which at night in a/c designed for lower flt levels 200+ knots on a very black hole night with muliple heading changes / we brought our ' a ' game last night . The people we looking for deserved nothing less .

The position of the accident aircraft was such that and in so tight to the departure end of 06( that departure profile perfectly acceptable for rotor wing) / that upon rotation of a fixed wing aircraft into black hole night one must go direct instruments and sops to prevent a cfit which left no time to look off to one side immediately after departure. we flew low and slow hoping that the noise of the ac in a loiter configuation 120/140knots indicated with high rpm on the props woud cause a reaction maybe a flare, but sadly this was not to be .

To Everyone involved last night, the professionalism in ymo //occ/pulse 103/ wabusk 101 /the sar 's out of trenton and the opp,it was outstanding along with the first responders on the ground / we were honoured to pay our role and only wished the result was different. my sincere condolences to families and friends /fellow coworkers they will be dearly missed in this corner of the planet but not forgotten in the hearts of those who knew them and their work /best regards old n cold