Care Flight issues statement regarding fatal Stagecoach plane crash
On Friday, a Care Flight plane crashed outside Stagecoach. Care Flight provided the following update:
Care Flight, a service of REMSA Health, headquartered in Reno, Nevada and Guardian Flight, headquartered in Utah, can confirm that a PC 12 fixed wing aircraft, tail number N273SM, went off radar Friday, Feb. 24, at approximately 9:45 p.m., near Stagecoach, Nevada.
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.
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.
Our immediate focus is helping our team members and families, as well as the responding agencies.
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.
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. We will work with each of our operations to ascertain when they are able to return to service.