Air Methods Provides Update on Q1 Results
Source: Air Methods, 19-Apr-13
Air Methods Corporation (Nasdaq: AIRM), the largest air medical transportation company in the world, provided preliminary results for first quarter 2013. Total community-based patient transports for the first quarter 2013 are estimated to be 11,841. Patients transported for community bases in operation greater than one year decreased an estimated 1,082 transports, or 9%, while weather [...]
Sundance Helicopters Adopts Flight & Duty Tracker System
Source: Softtech, 12-Feb-13
Softtech LLC, the maker of the Flight Vector[T] family of products, is proud to announce Sundance Helicopters has adopted the Flight & Duty Tracker[T] system into their operations at their Las Vegas operations! Sundance went live with Flight & Duty Tracker[T] on January 1, 2013. Flight & Duty Tracker[T] is an online solution to all [...]
Air Methods acquires Sundance Helicopters for $44M
Source: Air Methods, 01-Jan-13
Air Methods Corporation (NASDAQ: AIRM), the global leader in air medical transportation, announced today that it has entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Sundance Helicopters, Inc. (Sundance), a helicopter tour operator based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sundance is a leader in helicopter tour [...]
Second lawsuit filed in Las Vegas tour helicopter crash
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal, 30-Dec-11
A second wrongful death lawsuit was filed Thursday in a Nevada court against the Las Vegas-based operator of a sightseeing tour helicopter that crashed and killed five people earlier this month (see full story)
Lawsuit filed in fatal Sundance crash by Kansas City attorney
Source: Kansas City Star, 15-Dec-11
The first wrongful death lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Nevada on behalf of the families of a honeymooning couple from India killed in a Las Vegas sightseeing helicopter crash that also took the lives of the pilot and a Kansas couple celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. (see full story)
NTSB: Sundance AS350 was off-route in low-light conditions
Source: HeliHub.com, 14-Dec-11
The NTSB preliminary report cites the following factors which they evidently see as very important in this stage of their investigation (1) the impact location in a narrow ravine (2) the non-standard routing taken by the pilot (3) dusk light conditions Check out the details in the Preliminary report Jeremy Parkin – HeliHub.com
NTSB Preliminary Report – 07-Dec-11 N37SH Eurocopter AS350B2
Source: NTSB, 14-Dec-11
On December 7, 2011 at 1630 Pacific Standard Time, a Eurocopter AS350-B2, registration N37SH, operated by Sundance Helicopters as flight Landmark 57, crashed in mountainous terrain approximately 14 miles east of Las Vegas, Nevada. The 14 CFR Part 135 flight was a tourist sightseeing flight, which departed from Las Vegas McCarren International Airport (LAS), Las [...]
Report: Sundance tour helicopter had engine work before crash
Source: HeliHub.com, 11-Dec-11
The Sundance Helicopters AS350 that went down just west of Lake Mead had its engine and other parts replaced the day before it crashed, killing five people, investigators revealed Friday. Check out the NTSB press briefings:- early on Thursday 8th December 8pm on Thursday 8th December 5pm on Saturday 10th December William P Johnson – [...]
Spidertracks supplies Iridium tracking solutions to Sundance Helicopters
Source: Rotorhub, 24-Jun-09
