Military Chopper Involved In Denver Hospital Accident
No Injuries, As Elevator Hits Chopper On Landing Pad
POSTED: 6:13 pm MST January 28, 2004
DENVER -- An Air Force helicopter was damaged on a Denver hospital landing pad, but no one was injured.A spokesman for F.E. Warren Air Force Base said that an elevator at Presbyterian-Saint Luke's Medical Center rose and struck the tail of a UN-1N Huey helicopter while it was sitting empty on the landing pad. No one was in the elevator at the time.A three-member Air Force crew was on a routine training mission and had parked on the helipad, according to a military spokesman.
Stephanie Lewis is a spokeswoman for the hospital.The elevator sustained $25,00 to $35,000 damage in the accident, according to Stephanie Lewis, a hospital spokeswoman. She also speculated that the helicopter had parked
in the wrong place on the roof. The military did not disclose an estimate of damage to the chopper.An Air Force board of officers will investigate the accident.
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