At approximately 1850 PDT Wednesday a Lockheed P-3B air tanker,
N926AU, owned and operated by the Aero Union Corporation of Chico,
California, crashed immediately following a fire retardant training
drop near Chico. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed,
according to a statement from the NTSB.
Malpractice Crisis, Urban Sprawl Means More Medevacs in
Pennsylvania
From the always-interesting Walter Olson at Overlawyered.com, we
learn it's an ill wind that blows no good. The ill wind is the
malpractice crisis in Pennsylvania, and the beneficiaries, apart
from the usual (both plaintiffs' and defense lawyers), include
medevac helicopter operators.
A commercial helicopter went down some 12 miles north of Baghdad
Thursday, killing all nine people on board, according to the US
Embassy. There was no immediate word on the nationality of the
victims.
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