With a patient on board, a Mercy Flight helicopter made an emergency landing at the Buffalo airport yesterday morning.
The Batavia-based crew was taking a patient from Orleans County to ECMC when the helicopter began to show signs of losing power.
Margie Ferrentino, spokeswoman for Mercy Flight, spoke with WBTA this morning and said the pilot decided it would be safer to land at the air field rather than a rooftop in Buffalo.
"If he had to enact emergency procedures, he would have the resources to support him," Ferrentino said (mp3).
Ferrantino said a replacement chopper was brought into Batavia by yesterday afternoon.
The patient was driven from the Buffalo Airport to ECMC by ground ambulance.
Photo illustration courtesy Mercy Flight.
