Date: | Monday 28 August 2023 |
Time: | 08:44 |
Type: | Eurocopter EC 135T1 |
Owner/operator: | Broward County Sheriffs Office (BSO Fire Rescue) |
Registration: | N109BC |
MSN: | 0139 |
Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
Total airframe hrs: | 5557 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Pompano Beach, FL - United States of America |
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Ambulance |
Departure airport: | Pompano Beach Airport, FL (PPM/KPMP) |
Pompano Beach Airport, FL (PPM/KPMP) | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
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BREAKING: Police helicopter crashes in Pompano Beach, Florida pic.twitter.com/JKOB1KfCMM
— BNO News (@BNONews) August 28, 2023
#Ongoinbg a BSO Fire Rescue EC-135 [N109BC] crashes in Pompano Beach, Florida (US). First sources state all 3 aboard survived, 2 injured, aircraft destroyed. Video shows helicopter on fire and a tail boom failure before going down in an urban area. Updates when possible. pic.twitter.com/OLUMYrQG4Q
— Air Safety #OTD by Francisco Cunha (@OnDisasters) August 28, 2023
🚨#BREAKING: Injuries Reported After a sheriffs rescue Helicopter Spirals Out of Control and Crashes into a apartment building ⁰⁰📌#PompanoBeach | #Florida
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) August 28, 2023
Multiple emergency crews are currently on the scene after a Broward County Sheriff’s Office fire rescue helicopter… pic.twitter.com/YHPJVtn1ol
#BREAKING 1 dead, 4+ injured after Broward County Sheriff's helicopter crashes into Pompano Beach apartment building
— Fast News Network (@fastnewsnet) August 28, 2023
pic.twitter.com/3g65U1p1EN
We’re following reports of a crash of a Broward County Sheriff’s Fire-Rescue helicopter near Pompano Beach, Florida this morning.
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) August 28, 2023
Video from scene indicates smoke trailing from the helicopter before it crashed.
Initial ADS-B data: https://t.co/meFliKJWUO pic.twitter.com/RVesKjuPic
2 killed in rescue helicopter crash in Florida.
— LWNC (@LwncNews) August 29, 2023
Two people are dead following a Broward County Sheriff's Office fire and rescue helicopter crashed into an apartment building.
One of the people killed was a woman who was in her apartment when the helicopter crashed. pic.twitter.com/W38adpNQXr
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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28-Aug-2023 13:53 | Captain Adam | Added |
28-Aug-2023 14:50 | RobertMB | Updated |
28-Aug-2023 15:25 | Aerossurance | Updated |
28-Aug-2023 16:11 | Anon. | Updated |
28-Aug-2023 17:03 | Anon. | Updated |
28-Aug-2023 17:33 | Captain Adam | Updated |
29-Aug-2023 14:22 | Aerossurance | Updated |
29-Aug-2023 16:00 | RobertMB | Updated |