A video shows flames coming from the midsection of the helicopter. The helicopter then appears to break in half as it begins to spiral.
A medical rescue helicopter caught fire and broke apart shortly after takeoff Monday before crashing into an apartment complex near Fort Lauderdale, killing a paramedic captain on board and a resident on the ground, authorities said.Broward County Fire-Rescue Capt. Terryson Jackson, 49, and a woman died when the Broward Sheriff’s Office helicopter crashed through the complex’s roof after taking off from Pompano Beach Airpark at about 8:45 a.m., Sheriff Gregory Tony said.
The three-member crew was heading to an emergency medical rescue to take the patient to the hospital. A video posted online shows flames coming from the midsection of the helicopter as it is trailed by a long plume of smoke. The helicopter then appears to break in half as it begins to spiral, plunging to the ground. A video from another angle showed that the helicopter’s blades were not turning rapidly.
Tony said that even as the crew members were declaring a mayday to the airport’s control tower and trying to save their helicopter, they were also radioing paramedics at the medical emergency to let them know they would have to take the patient to the hospital. “We are talking about the character of these men,” Tony said. “As they were fighting for their lives, they were thinking about somebody else.”that the helicopter began trailing smoke as soon as it took off. It then lost altitude and crashed.“I thought a bomb went off,” she told the newspaper.If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
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