Rotorcraft
Broward Air Ambulance Helicopter Crash Kills Two
Tail boom folded before accident
Broward Country air ambulance helicopter accident August 28, 2023
An Airbus EC135 helicopter operated by the Broward County Sheriff's Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue unit crashed soon after takeoff from Pompano Beach Airport in Florida on August 28. (Image: Flightradar24)

The NTSB is investigating the crash of a 1999 Airbus Helicopters EC135T1 on Monday morning that killed a flight paramedic and one person on the ground. The pilot and another medical crewmember aboard survived, and two other people on the ground were injured after the helicopter's tail boom folded.

Registered as N109BC and operated by the Broward County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue unit as “Air 85,” the twin-engine helicopter crashed at 8:45 a.m. local time, three minutes after takeoff from the Pompano Beach Airport (KPMP). It went down near the intersection of North Dixie Highway and Atlantic Boulevard, two miles southwest of the airport. Data from FlightRadar24 shows the helicopter proceeded westbound to Interstate Highway 95 before making a 180-degree turn back to the field.