helicopter down
. NRMA CareFlight
Media release
BASED ON INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF RELEASE DETAILS 0418 245 748
TUESDAY 4 APRIL 2006 . Time midday am
UPDATING …
ONE CRITICAL THREE INJURED IN HELICOPTER CRASH
(Wisemans Ferry - St Albans)
One man suffered critical head injuries and three other people escaped with minor
injuries when a helicopter, believed to be conducting a power line survey, crashed near
Wisemans Ferry in Sydney’s outer north-west this morning.
The helicopter clipped power lines and crashed in a paddock close to a house on Settlers
Road, between the isolated villages of Wisemans Ferry and St Albans.
Two people from the house called emergency services and went to the aid of three men
and one woman on board the Bell 206 JetRanger helicopter.
The NRMA CareFlight doctor praised the pilot who managed to land the helicopter on its
skids before it rolled over onto its right side but did not catch fire.
Ambulance officers alerted NRMA CareFlight’s two helicopters to the crash at 10.12 am.
The first NRMA CareFlight helicopter landed at the crash at 10.30 am as the two
occupants from the nearby house were helping the injured.
The NRMA CareFlight doctor reported that one man, aged about 50, suffered critical
head injuries and multiple abrasions.
He was stabilised at the scene, placed on a ventilator to control his breathing then flown
by NRMA CareFlight to Westmead Hospital where he was in a critical condition on
arrival at 11.12 am..
Two other men and one woman suffered minor injuries in the crash.
A woman passenger, aged 23, suffered minor head injuries and was flown by the other
NRMA CareFlight helicopter to Westmead Hospital where she was in a stable condition
on arrival shortly before midday.
The crash pilot and the other male passenger currently are being taken by road ambulance
to Westmead Hospital for observation to minor injuries.
ENDS: For further medial information at any time please contact NRMA
CareFlight director Ian Badham on 0418 245 748.