Tipperary: Air-ambulance forced down after blades caught in cables - report

An air ambulance was forced into an emergency landing after its blades got caught in overhead cables as it flew in for a roadside pickup last year, a report into the incident has found.

Tipperary: Air-ambulance forced down after blades caught in cables - report

An air ambulance was forced into an emergency landing after its blades got caught in overhead cables as it flew in for a roadside pickup last year, a report into the incident has found.

The helicopter was close to touchdown at a field in Co Tipperary when the pilot lost control, as an ill elderly patient waited to be airlifted to hospital.

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