The United States National Transportation and Safety Board has released its report on an midair collision between two mid-air EMS helicopters that took place on June 29th of 2008. Seven people in the helicopters loss their lives in the accident.
The main cause of the accident was determined that the pilots failed to see each other. It was also found that one of the pilots did not properly follow all of the guidelines. Also it was noted that the pilots did not properly communicate with each other. It was also mentioned that the helicopters did not have a collision detection system, which could have possibly prevented the accident by alerting the pilots.
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