Travis County STAR Flight Nurse fell to her death
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Travis County STAR Flight Nurse fell to her death
Sad news last night as a mate of mine whose quite close with the TC Starflight ops in Texas mentioned that a flight nurse was killed during a hoisting exercise
last night.
Texas STAR Flight Nurse Kristin McClain Dies in Fatal Fall From Rescue Helicopter - NBC News
last night.
Texas STAR Flight Nurse Kristin McClain Dies in Fatal Fall From Rescue Helicopter - NBC News
The woman being rescued remained attached to the hoist and has been transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries
Hoisting at night for that?
However this is either an equipment failure or a serious procedural error for the rescuer to have fallen off the winch whilst the casualty remains attached - wonder if they had a pin in the winch hook?
It would be normal for the winchman(woman) to be last on the hook and, if the keep/gate on the hook opened during the cabin entry, it is possible for the karibiner (or whatever attachment method they use) to slip out.
Yes Peter, very tragic - let's hope they find out what happened to prevent it recurring in the future.