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29th Jan 2004, 18:08
Hospital elevator hits helicopter
By Robert W. Black
The Associated Press
Article Published: Thursday, January 29, 2004
An Air Force helicopter was damaged but no one was injured when an elevator rose and struck the aircraft on a Denver hospital landing pad, military officials said.
The elevator rose and struck the tail of the UN-1N helicopter atop Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, according to a spokesman for F.E. Warren Air Force Base.
No one was in the aircraft or the elevator at the time, officials said.
"From what I know, they were doing routine training on their way down there, parked on the helo pad, but then everything's fairly sketchy after that," Staff Sgt. Kurt Arkenberg of Warren's public affairs office said Wednesday.
Stephanie Lewis, a spokeswoman for the hospital, said the elevator rises above the roof only when patients are ready to be transferred.
Lewis said the elevator sustained damage of $25,000 to $35,000.
No estimate of damage to the helicopter was offered by the military.
source (http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~1921362,00.html)
By Robert W. Black
The Associated Press
Article Published: Thursday, January 29, 2004
An Air Force helicopter was damaged but no one was injured when an elevator rose and struck the aircraft on a Denver hospital landing pad, military officials said.
The elevator rose and struck the tail of the UN-1N helicopter atop Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, according to a spokesman for F.E. Warren Air Force Base.
No one was in the aircraft or the elevator at the time, officials said.
"From what I know, they were doing routine training on their way down there, parked on the helo pad, but then everything's fairly sketchy after that," Staff Sgt. Kurt Arkenberg of Warren's public affairs office said Wednesday.
Stephanie Lewis, a spokeswoman for the hospital, said the elevator rises above the roof only when patients are ready to be transferred.
Lewis said the elevator sustained damage of $25,000 to $35,000.
No estimate of damage to the helicopter was offered by the military.
source (http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~1921362,00.html)