A twin-engine Piper Navajo air ambulance plane owned by Trans North Aviation crashed on 28 November, killing three of the five people onboard. Among the fatalities was the patient, an 80-year-old man who was being flown to the Chicago area.
A patient and pilot were killed when a light single-engine aeroplane crashed in a field near Horsham, Victoria, Australia at around 18:30 hrs on 15 August. The 15-year-old girl was returning from Melbourne, where she had received medical treatment, onboard a flight provided by the Angel Flight charity.
Air Critical Care LLC, a Florida, US-based air ambulance company offering global patient transportation and medical evacuation services, has become a provider for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA).
A single-engine, fixed-wing air ambulance aircraft crashed on 25 May, killing all seven people onboard and three people on the ground in a densely populated area of Faridabad, India.
The International Travel Insurance Journal (ITIJ), Waypoint’s sister publication, has announced the finalists for the ITIJ Air Ambulance Award 2011.