A flight nurse and paramedic have been released from Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest after they were injured when the MedEvac helicopter they were flying in crashed after take-off Friday, Brian Downs, a hospital spokesman, said today.
The pilot remains in the hospital and is listed in good condition, Downs said.
The three male crew members were the only ones on board the EC 135 helicopter when it crashed immediately after take-off around 9 p.m. from the Muzzuca Heliport in Pottsville, Downs said. The hospital would not release the crew members' names.
"The bottom line is they're all doing well and we're extremely pleased with that," Downs said.
The cause of the accident is unknown. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are still investigating the crash, Downs said. Telephone calls to the FAA and NTSB were not returned today.
The crew had just taken off to pick up a patient injured in a motorcycle accident in Schuylkill County when the crash occurred, Downs said. Geisinger Life Flight transported that patient to another hospital, Downs said.
LVH immediately suspended its three other MedEvac crews until they could be briefed, Downs said. The suspension was still in effect Saturday and Downs said medical flights would be handled by other services. LVH started its MedEvac program in 1981 and serves a 60-mile radius. It has MedEvac helicopters based in Pottsville, Kutztown, Weatherly and Stroudsburg.
LVH's only other MedEvac crash occurred in 1982 in New Ringgold, Monroe County. Four people died, three crew members and the 19-year-old patient, when that helicopter crash-landed in a field shortly after take-off. In a 1984 report, the NTSB cited the pilot and the rainy weather as causes.
The families some of the crash victims later sued and won million-dollar settlements from MedEvac's operator, and the helicopter's German manufacturer and its American distributor.
The pilot remains in the hospital and is listed in good condition, Downs said.
The three male crew members were the only ones on board the EC 135 helicopter when it crashed immediately after take-off around 9 p.m. from the Muzzuca Heliport in Pottsville, Downs said. The hospital would not release the crew members' names.
"The bottom line is they're all doing well and we're extremely pleased with that," Downs said.
The cause of the accident is unknown. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are still investigating the crash, Downs said. Telephone calls to the FAA and NTSB were not returned today.
The crew had just taken off to pick up a patient injured in a motorcycle accident in Schuylkill County when the crash occurred, Downs said. Geisinger Life Flight transported that patient to another hospital, Downs said.
LVH immediately suspended its three other MedEvac crews until they could be briefed, Downs said. The suspension was still in effect Saturday and Downs said medical flights would be handled by other services. LVH started its MedEvac program in 1981 and serves a 60-mile radius. It has MedEvac helicopters based in Pottsville, Kutztown, Weatherly and Stroudsburg.
LVH's only other MedEvac crash occurred in 1982 in New Ringgold, Monroe County. Four people died, three crew members and the 19-year-old patient, when that helicopter crash-landed in a field shortly after take-off. In a 1984 report, the NTSB cited the pilot and the rainy weather as causes.
The families some of the crash victims later sued and won million-dollar settlements from MedEvac's operator, and the helicopter's German manufacturer and its American distributor.
A flight nurse and paramedic have been released from Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest after they were injured when the MedEvac helicopter they were flying in crashed after take-off Friday, Brian Downs, a hospital spokesman, said today.
The pilot remains in the hospital and is listed in good condition, Downs said.
The three male crew members were the only ones on board the EC 135 helicopter when it crashed immediately after take-off around 9 p.m. from the Muzzuca Heliport in Pottsville, Downs said. The hospital would not release the crew members' names.
"The bottom line is they're all doing well and we're extremely pleased with that," Downs said.
The cause of the accident is unknown. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are still investigating the crash, Downs said. Telephone calls to the FAA and NTSB were not returned today.
The crew had just taken off to pick up a patient injured in a motorcycle accident in Schuylkill County when the crash occurred, Downs said. Geisinger Life Flight transported that patient to another hospital, Downs said.
LVH immediately suspended its three other MedEvac crews until they could be briefed, Downs said. The suspension was still in effect Saturday and Downs said medical flights would be handled by other services. LVH started its MedEvac program in 1981 and serves a 60-mile radius. It has MedEvac helicopters based in Pottsville, Kutztown, Weatherly and Stroudsburg.
LVH's only other MedEvac crash occurred in 1982 in New Ringgold, Monroe County. Four people died, three crew members and the 19-year-old patient, when that helicopter crash-landed in a field shortly after take-off. In a 1984 report, the NTSB cited the pilot and the rainy weather as causes.
The families some of the crash victims later sued and won million-dollar settlements from MedEvac's operator, and the helicopter's German manufacturer and its American distributor.
The pilot remains in the hospital and is listed in good condition, Downs said.
The three male crew members were the only ones on board the EC 135 helicopter when it crashed immediately after take-off around 9 p.m. from the Muzzuca Heliport in Pottsville, Downs said. The hospital would not release the crew members' names.
"The bottom line is they're all doing well and we're extremely pleased with that," Downs said.
The cause of the accident is unknown. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are still investigating the crash, Downs said. Telephone calls to the FAA and NTSB were not returned today.
The crew had just taken off to pick up a patient injured in a motorcycle accident in Schuylkill County when the crash occurred, Downs said. Geisinger Life Flight transported that patient to another hospital, Downs said.
LVH immediately suspended its three other MedEvac crews until they could be briefed, Downs said. The suspension was still in effect Saturday and Downs said medical flights would be handled by other services. LVH started its MedEvac program in 1981 and serves a 60-mile radius. It has MedEvac helicopters based in Pottsville, Kutztown, Weatherly and Stroudsburg.
LVH's only other MedEvac crash occurred in 1982 in New Ringgold, Monroe County. Four people died, three crew members and the 19-year-old patient, when that helicopter crash-landed in a field shortly after take-off. In a 1984 report, the NTSB cited the pilot and the rainy weather as causes.
The families some of the crash victims later sued and won million-dollar settlements from MedEvac's operator, and the helicopter's German manufacturer and its American distributor.
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