Bad day for Aviation

Some rough weather that PC12 took off in. I now they can handle it, but it was IFR out of that airport today. And freezing levels right at ground level. Very sad.


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I don't know how capable the PC12 is but 12 people in poor wx doesn't scream wise.
 
falconkidding said:
I don't know how capable the PC12 is but 12 people in poor wx doesn't scream wise.
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The seating capacity in a PC-12 Is up to 11, including the pilot.
 
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I don't think it was a bad day for aviation. It was definitely a bad day for these folks, though.
 
The pilot from the Navajo crash......

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Seward to Anchorage is 127 road miles. Is there really time to be saved with a fixed wing medevac ?
 
Bed to bed. You have to account for a ground transfer at each end and two extra hand-offs.
 
Well, A lot of that highway was shut down the day/night of the accident due to lots of snow we have had.

Most small town EMS don’t do long distance transports, so it would have been a 5 hour drive round trip with good roads without counting anything other than driving. On a nice day (the operative word being DAY) I can get to Seward in 40 minutes. Assuming the patient meets us at the airport, the time I get to the call to having the patient in anchorage could potentially be right at about 2 hours.

We can generally provide a much higher level of care than an ambulance can as well.
 
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