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I have added a couple of stories from local (Muscle Shoals) news outlets along with some videos and photos. The videos are in Flash Video format so you may need to download a FLV player to view them.

You can also view them directly at the respective web sites:

WAFF 48 News
Times Daily Newspaper


NEWS ARTICLES

01/13/2009 - NTSB ANNOUNCEMENT

I just received an email from the NTSB stating the report on the AEL16 crash will be released this coming Thursday (01/15/2009 @ 10:00 AM). I am guessing that will be Eastern Standard Time.

Here are the pertinent parts of the email:

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                       NTSB ADVISORY

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National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, DC 20594

 

January 13, 2009

 

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NTSB TO RELEASE PUBLIC DOCKETS ON NINE FATAL HELICOPTER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (HEMS) ACCIDENTS; FOUR OF THEM CONTAIN A PROBABLE CAUSE

 

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       As part of its continuing investigations into nine helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) accidents the National Transportation Safety Board will open public dockets on Thursday, January 15, 2009, at 10:00 am. 

The nine docket items are:

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* On December 30, 2007, a Bell 206L-3, N109AE, owned and operated by Air Evac EMS Inc., crashed while maneuvering near Cherokee, Alabama. The certificated airline transport pilot, paramedic, and flight nurse were killed. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a company flight plan was filed for the local aerial search flight.

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Final reports on four of these investigations, including the probable cause, and brief analysis will be released along with dockets.  These cases are the following:

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* December 30, 2007, accident involving a Bell 206L-3, N109AE, owned and operated by Air Evac EMS Inc., near Cherokee, Alabama.

You can read the entire email here.

12/30/2008 - WAFF 48 News (PDF 104KB)
12/30/2008 - Times Daily Story
(PDF 64KB)

12/30/2007 - News Channel 19 Initial Report
(PDF 112KB)
12/31/2007 - Times Daily Report
(PDF 88KB)
01/10/2008 - NTSB Preliminary Report
(PDF 23KB)


VIDEO'S
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Air Evac 16 Last Call

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PHOTO'S

12/30/2008 Site visit and candle light service