No Injuries, As Elevator Hits Chopper On Landing Pad
Imagine trying to write to explain this one to your
superiors.
A spokesman for F.E. Warren Air Force Base said an elevator at
Presbyterian-Saint Luke's Medical Center in Denver (CO) rose and
struck the tail of a UN-1N Huey helicopter while it was sitting
empty on the landing pad. No one was in the elevator at the
time.
The US Air Force helicopter, which was not occupied at the time,
was damaged at the Denver hospital's landing pad on Thursday. A
three-member Air Force crew was on a routine training mission and
had parked the aircraft on the helipad, according to a military
spokesman.
The elevator sustained $25,00 to $35,000 damage in the accident,
according to Stephanie Lewis, a hospital spokeswoman.