Today Morning, a South Korean KAI KUH-1M Medeon helicopter crash landed on an airstrip while it was on its way to pick up a patient.
The Army ambulance helicopter received substantial damages with Rotor blades, Tail boom and Body seen to be cracked and snapped at the aviation battalion base in Pocheon.
Five people were reportedly injuired, while no-life threatening development has taken place on the location due to the accident. injured occupants have been transferred to the hospital.
According to Yonhap News Agency,
"the helicopter made an emergency landing on the airstrip at an Army aviation battalion in Pocheon, 46 kilometers north of Seoul, at 10:35 a.m. while on its way to pick up a patient there, according to the Army and the local fire department."
Five crewmembers were injured, two seriously, and were moved to a nearby hospital. None of them are in a life-threatening condition, they said. The tail of the medevac chopper was partially destroyed as well.
"We have suspended the operations of the same type of the aircraft as of 11:10 a.m. Medical evacuation missions will be carried out by UH-60 jets," the Army said in a statement, adding they will look into the exact cause of the accident.
The KUH-1M is a dedicated medical evacuation helicopter developed to provide emergency medical services for the patients by adding diverse medical equipment, external hoist, weather radar, and auxiliary fuel tanks to the Surion helicopter.
Picture : Yonhap News Agency , Korea Aerospace Industries .
