(Mason City)– A regional healthcare provider has made arrangements for a temporary helicopter to replace one lost in a crash earlier this month.
Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa will get the helicopter from Med-Trans Corporation, which provides transportation services to the Mason City-based hospital. Mercy has not announced when they will resume patient transportation services.
Mercy’s helicopter services were suspended after a January 2nd crash killed the pilot and two others on board. A preliminary federal report suggests investigators will check icy conditions to try to determine what caused the crash.
The helicopter had been headed to Emmetsburg to pick up a patient when it slammed into the ground just north of Ventura.
(From the Associated Press.)
