1 crew member killed, 2 critically injured in medical helicopter crash near Nashville

A aesculapian chopper has crashed eastbound of Nashville, Tennessee, sidesplitting 1 unit subordinate and critically injuring 2 different unit members

LEBANON, Tenn. -- A aesculapian chopper crashed Saturday eastbound of Nashville, Tennessee, sidesplitting 1 unit subordinate and critically injuring 2 different unit members, authorities said. No patients were connected board.

The Vanderbilt LifeFlight chopper went down astir 1:45 p.m. successful a tract eastbound of Nashville, betwixt Lebanon and Gallatin, astir 22 miles (35 kilometers) eastbound of Nashville, the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office said.

The chopper crashed astir 12 miles (19 kilometers) southbound of the Music City Executive Airport and its basal astatine the Sumner County Emergency Operations Center.

The National Transportation Safety Board said it is investigating.

The 2 injured unit members were being treated astatine Vanderbilt University Hospital successful Nashville, Vanderbilt LifeFlight said successful a statement. Such flights typically transportation a pilot, a paramedic and a nurse.

“Our hearts and deepest sympathies are with our Vanderbilt LifeFlight colleagues, their families, and loved ones during this hard time,” the connection said.

The helicopter, an Airbus EC130T2, was manufactured successful 2015, according to Federal Aviation Administration records.

According to the aviation tracking websites FlightAware and Flightradar24, the chopper took disconnected from the exigency operations halfway astatine 1:33 p.m. and flew for 8 minutes earlier crashing.

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