THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION IS LOOKING INTO WHAT CAUSED UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL'S MEDICAL HELICOPTER TO CRASH DURING TAKE-OFF EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 6 PM AS THE CHOPPER WAS LAUNCHING FROM THE LANDING PAD ON TOP THE HOSPITAL IN ALBUQUERQUE. SPOKESMAN BILLY SPARKS SAYS THE CHOPPER LIFTED OFF … THEN ABRUPTLY SPUN … AND CRASH LANDED ON ITS SIDE.
THE PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND IS IN STABLE CONDITION. THE TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD … NEITHER ONE A PATIENT … UNDERWENT OBSERVATION.
