More detail on this person: El Paso man among
3 killed in McGregor Range helicopter crash, By
Darren Meritz / El Paso Times, Posted: 02/06/2010
01:44:32 PM MST
Helicopter crashes at McGregor Range
EL PASO - The three-member crew of a Southwest
Med Evac helicopter died on Friday night when the
aircraft crashed during a training flight at
McGregor Range. The helicopter's pilot, William
Montgomery of Avondale, Ariz., and two
paramedics, John Sutter of Las Cruces and
Anthony Archuleta of El Paso, were killed when the
aircraft crashed as it prepared to land, according
to officials from Omniflight Helicopters, Inc.,
the aircraft's operator.
The helicopter was not transporting a patient.
Details of the crash remained sketchy this
afternoon. "The cause of the accident is unknown
at this time," Anthony DiNota, president and chief
operating officer of Omniflight, said in a news
release. "There are many questions that need to be
answered." The crew was participating in a
training scenario involving a simulated medical
evacuation. Investigators from the Federal
Aviation Administration and the National
Transportation Safety Board came to El Paso today
to determine what happened. Officials from
Omniflight Helicopters, Inc. also were at the
crash site.
Southwest Med Evac, a unit of Omniflight
Helicopters, is contracted with Fort Bliss for
emergency medical services.
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