Fwd: [DailyBrief] Helo Down.....8 Dead

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Louis N. Molino, Sr. CET

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> Date: January 4, 2009 19:19:14 GMT-07:00

> To: DailyBrief

> Subject: [DailyBrief] Helo Down.....8 Dead

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> TERREBONNE, La. -- Eight people are dead after a helicopter crashed

> Sunday into a marshy area in the lower southwest portion of

> Terrebonne Parish, according to Coast Guard officer Jaclyn Young.

>

> There were nine people on board a PHI, Inc. helicopter at the time

> of the crash, which happened around 3:30 p.m. near Bayou Penchant.

> One of them was transported to a nearby hospital, while the Coast

> Guard put on a search for the ninth person. That person was found

> dead later, raising the death toll in the accident to eight.

>

> The condition of the medevaced passenger is not known, Young said.

>

> The U.S. Air Force Rescue Coordination Center in Virginia originally

> picked up the signal and alerted the Coast Guard station in New

> Orleans, Young said. Shortly thereafter the Coast Guard launched a

> HH-65C rescue helicopter from New Orleans to the scene of the

> accident.

>

> According to their website, PHI, Inc. is a helicopter services

> company that provides transportation to offshore oil and gas,

> onshore mining, and medical and technical services industries. They

> are independently owned.

>

> Last year there was an accident involving a PHI helicopter. In June,

> three PHI crew members and a patient they were transporting died

> after their helicopter crashed in Texas.

>

> The exact location of the accident, as well as the cause, is not yet

> known. The Terrebonne Sheriff's Office and Airforce Rescue

> Coordination Center is assisting in the investigation.

>

> The identities of the victims has not yet been determined.

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