r/news • u/Canadian-Man-infj • 1d ago

U.S. Coast Guard searching for missing Hamilton-based air ambulance with 6 passengers

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hamilton-air-ambulance-missing-us-coast-guard-search-9.7368182
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u/SocialWinker 1d ago

It’s also just becoming a more common issue in medical transport in recent years.

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u/Age_Correct 1d ago

It has? I work in aviation and almost every year forward there are less and less crashes including part 135 L.

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u/SocialWinker 1d ago

It seems to be a bit of recency bias, and my general orbit being a paramedic. The aeromed crashes get amplified a lot, and there was another one a few days ago, so it's extra fresh.

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u/OverTheCandleStick 1d ago

Use Google and stop spreading this bullshit. I’m a paramedic too. Sitting in a helicopter.

https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(26)00096-X/fulltext

Fun fact. Look at the difference between ground and helicopter incidents….