BREAKING: Five people are dead, including patients and medical personnel, after a Care Flight plane crashed late Friday in Nevada, officials said.
The incident occurred at approximately 9:15 p.m. when the Lyon County Dispatch Center began receiving multiple calls regarding a possible plane crash near Stagecoach, Nevada -- about 45 miles east of Reno, according to a statement from the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office.
“We are heartbroken to report that we have now received confirmation from Central Lyon County Fire Department that none of the five people on board survived.,” read the statement from Care Flight. “The five people on board were a pilot, a flight nurse, a flight paramedic, a patient and a patient's family member. We are in the process of notifying their family members.
“The Central Lyon Fire Department and Lyon County Sheriff’s Department are coordinating with the National Transportation Safety Board to determine the cause of the crash which is under investigation,” Care Flight said in a statement.The aircraft was located at approximately 11:15 p.m. but no survivors were found, Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said.
“As is Guardian and Care Flight’s safety process in these situations, we are in a passive stand down for all Guardian and Care Flight flights across the company,” said Care Flight. “We will work with each of our operations to ascertain when they are able to return to service … Our immediate focus is helping our team members and families, as well as the responding agencies.”
This is still an ongoing incident and investigation and authorities said that more information about the crash will be released as it becomes available.
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