Accidents
AW139 Makes Emergency Landing in Louisiana
All survive after a Bristow medevac flight experiences cockpit smoke and loss of flight controls, resulting in an emergency landing in southern Louisiana.
All survive after Bristow medevac flight experiences cockpit smoke and loss of flight controls, resulting in an emergency landing at Houma-Terrebonne Airport on Sept. 24, 2022 (Photo: Houma Fire Department)
All survive after Bristow medevac flight experiences cockpit smoke and loss of flight controls, resulting in an emergency landing at Houma-Terrebonne Airport on Sept. 24, 2022 (Photo: Houma Fire Department)

A Leonardo AW139 registered as N811TA and operated by Bristow Helicopters made an emergency landing at Houma-Terrebonne (Louisiana) Airport on Saturday night at 6:14 p.m. local time. The helicopter was a reported medevac flight inbound from the Bootheville area with six aboard when the pilots reported both flight control issues and heavy smoke in the cockpit.


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