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Complex web of factors blamed in HEMS crashes

There is no “magic bullet” solution to the spate of fatal helicopter EMS crashes over the last two years.

Rather, investigation documents

By Mark Huber • Contributor

January 27, 2009

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the pilatus PC-12 photographed on a ramp

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rural runway

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Image courtesy Texas Department of Public Safety

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Number 2 battery

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