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A medical flight carrying a affected person and crew onboard crashes in Lyons County, Nevada. There aren’t any survivors. All 5 individuals onboard have died.
(Reuters)
Five individuals, together with medical personnel and a affected person, have been killed in a airplane crash in Nevada, in line with an air ambulance firm.
The Lyon County Sheriff’s workplace stated authorities started receiving calls a few doable airplane crash close to Stagecoach, Nevada, on Friday round 9:15 pm and located the wreckage two hours later. Stagecoach is about 45 miles (72 kilometres) southeast of Reno.
Care Flight, which offers ambulance service by airplane and helicopter, confirmed that there have been no survivors.
The lifeless included the pilot, a flight nurse, a flight paramedic, a affected person and a affected person’s member of the family.
“We are heartbroken to report that we have now received confirmation from Central Lyon County Fire Department that none of the five people on board survived,” the corporate stated in a press release, including that it’s halting flights to give attention to serving to responding companies, staff members and households.
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Investigation
The National Transportation Safety Board stated Saturday morning on Twitter it’s sending a seven-member staff of investigators to the crash website. NTSB recognized the plane as a Pilatus PC-12 aeroplane.
The crash occurred amid a winter storm warning issued by the National Weather Service in Reno for giant swaths of Nevada, together with elements of Lyon County.
The Weather Service stated it was anticipating heavy snow, wind gusts of as much as 65 mph (105 kph) and intervals of whiteout circumstances between 4 am Friday and 4 am Sunday.
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Source: AP
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