Medical helicopter EastCare crash
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- Medical helicopter EastCare crash
- Description
- Burned wreckage is all that is left of the Pitt County Memorial Hospital medical helicopter "EastCare" after it crashed in the Hoffman Forest near Pollocksville Thursday night about 9:30. The Bell 206 helicopter had left the U.S. Naval Hospital at Camp Lejeune at 8:59 to return to Pitt Co. Memorial hospital with a 3 1/2 month-old infant. Three crew members and the infant were reportedly killed in the crash. Shortly before the crash a distress call was heard on a medical radio frequency that the aircraft was on fire.
- Date
- January 09, 1987
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- photographs
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- Local Identifier
- 0741-b45-ff
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- Subject(s)
- Helicopter ambulances--Accidents--North Carolina--Pollocksville
- Pitt County Memorial Hospital
- Hospitals, Naval and marine--North Carolina--Camp Lejeune
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- Location of Original
- East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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Medical helicopter EastCare crash
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Daily Reflector Images
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Transportation: Air
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- Daily Reflector Negative Collection from the East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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