EHS LifeFlight Makes an Emergency Landing at Halifax Airport, Patients Safe – Halifax | The Canadian News

The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) is dispatching a team of investigators to Halifax, after a small LifeFlight medevac plane was forced to make an emergency landing this weekend.

According to TSB, the main landing gear collapsed on the Beech 200 aircraft.

In a statement, Colin Flynn, the senior manager for EHS LifeFlight, confirmed that his plane completed an emergency landing at Halifax Stanfield International Airport shortly after 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

“We are grateful that all six people on board, including two patients, are safe with no reported injuries,” he said.

When an emergency landing was determined to be necessary, EHS LifeFlight immediately dispatched ground ambulances to the airport to facilitate patient transport, Flynn said.

Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA) spokeswoman Tiffany Chase told Global News that the airport’s emergency response services were on standby to support the aircraft “as needed.”

“A short time later, the aircraft landed on runway 14 and stopped on the runway, unable to taxi on its own,” he wrote in an email.

“At that time, all airport operations were moved to runway 23, pending inspection of the aircraft. Around 9 pm last night, the plane was towed to a nearby hangar. “

There were no delays in airport operations, Chase said.

However, Flynn said there was a “brief service outage” for EHS LifeFlight. The service was resumed with the use of the helicopter and the intensive care ground unit.

Meanwhile, EHS LifeFlight supports TSB’s research, along with PAL Aerospace, the plane’s operator, and the Department of Health and Welfare.

The TSB, which is an independent agency, will investigate as a means of promoting “transportation safety.” The board does not assign blame or determine responsibility.