Two medical helicopters crash in Hammonton

[RaleighGuy]

About 11:30 EST this morning two medical helicopters crashed in Hammonton NJ. It appeared from tracking site data that N280MG had just departed followed by N520H. Broadcasts were on the Atlantic County P25 Phase II system

Atlantic County Trunking System, Atlantic County, New Jersey

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Two helicopters carrying patients collide mid-air over New Jersey |Watch

Videos circulating on social media show thick black smoke rising into the sky and flames at the crash site, as police, firefighters and paramedics rushed to the area.

www.wionews.com

 

[TerryPavlick]

About 11:30 EST this morning two medical helicopters crashed in Hammonton NJ. It appeared from tracking site data that N280MG had just departed followed by N520H. Broadcasts were on the Atlantic County P25 Phase II system

Atlantic County Trunking System, Atlantic County, New Jersey

Atlantic County Trunking System Profile

www.radioreference.com

Two helicopters carrying patients collide mid-air over New Jersey |Watch

Videos circulating on social media show thick black smoke rising into the sky and flames at the crash site, as police, firefighters and paramedics rushed to the area.

www.wionews.com

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The helicopters were N520H and N280MG both Enstrom EN28 helicopters, one was owned by an individual and the other by a charter company. This helicopter is not a medical transport helicopter.


Update showing picture of one of the helos

 

[RaleighGuy]

The helicopters were N520H and N280MG both Enstrom EN28 helicopters, one was owned by an individual and the other by a charter company. This helicopter is not a medical transport helicopter.

NTSB investigating Sunday's inflight collision involving an Enstrom 280C helicopter and an Enstrom F-28A helicopter in Hammonton, New Jersey.

https://x.com/NTSB_Newsroom/status/2005355797883347009