US EditionFour people die in crash of medical transport plane on Navajo Nation in northern Arizona
APACHE COUNTY, ARIZONA, AUG 5 – The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the cause of the crash that killed four people aboard a medical transport plane near Chinle Airport, Navajo Nation.
- A medical transport plane operated by CSI Aviation crashed near Chinle Airport, Arizona, around 12:40 p.m. Tuesday, killing four people on board.
- The medical transport aircraft was on its way to collect a patient from a hospital in the area when it crashed and caught fire; however, the reason for the accident has not yet been determined.
- The four victims were medical personnel who were non-local, and CSI Aviation made contact with their next of kin following the crash.
- Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren conveyed deep sorrow over the tragedy, highlighting the profound impact of losing medical professionals committed to serving others.
- The Federal Aviation Administration and National Traffic Safety Bureau have launched investigations, and the incident is a significant loss to the medical and first responder community.
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The aircraft was on its way to pick up a patient at a Navajo hospital in Chinle at the time of the accident.
Four dead in medical transport plane crash in Arizona
CHINLE, Ariz. (NBC, KYMA/KECY) - Four people were killed Tuesday when a medical transport plane crashed in Chinle, Arizona. Images provided by the Navajo Police Department show the wreckage of the plane where it crashed, about 200 miles north of Flagstaff. Two medical personnel and two pilots were on board the plane which is owned by the CSI Aviation Company out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The flight was on the way to pick up a patient at the ti…
Four people lost their lives in the crash of a small medical transport aircraft in Arizona, USA, reporting local media. ...
Arizona, United States.- A small medical transport plane crashed and caught fire Tuesday in the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, killing four people, the tribe said in a statement. A Beechcraft King Air 300 from the CSI Aviation company took off from Albuquerque, New Mexico, with two pilots and two health professionals, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and CSI Aviation. It crashed early in the afternoon near Chinle airpor…
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