An AS350B3 operated by Hospital Wing went down early this morning about 50 miles from Memphis, sadly killing the pilot, a nurse and a respiratory therapist on board. Our thoughts are obviously wtih the relatives of those three and anyone else caught up by this situation. They were on their way to pick up a pediatric patient with renal failure, and he is OK after making a road trip to a specialist medical center.
Non-aviation witness, as written up by non-aviation media, reported as "hearing a helicopter and saw its lights in the darkened sky...." and ".... thought the helicopter was flying low, but didn't think too much else about it."
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