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BUFFALO — Margaret Ferrentino says she has been fortunate to participate in many of the dedications when Mercy Flight introduced new aircraft into its fleet.
Mercy Flight is receiving a $3,043,000 federal loan to purchase a new helicopter that will be modified for medical service operations and stationed at the Genesee County Airport in Batavia, the USDA announced this week. Mercy Flight has not been able to station a helicopter in Batavia since a fatal crash in Elba in April. The crash of the Bell 429 helicopter claimed the lives
ELBA — A federal advisory warning of tail rotor issues with Bell 429 helicopters was issued the same day as Tuesday’s fatal Mercy Flight crash off Norton Road.
ELBA — A federal advisory warning of tail rotor issues with Bell 429 helicopters was issued the same day as Tuesday’s fatal Mercy Flight Crash off Norton Road.
There have been nine accidents involving the Bell 429, the model helicopter being flown by James E. Sauer, 60 of Churchville, and Stewart M. Dietrick, 60, of Prosper, Texas, when it went down in a field near Norton Road in Elba at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The National Transportation Safety Board has determined the cause of four of those accidents. Three of them were the result of