Lear down in PHL

[Minuteman]

I wonder why an air ambulance was being used for a patient after a procedure was performed. (I don't know much about how thing work in that world). I would have expected the patient would have stayed in-recovery in Philadelphia until they could travel without the need for special medical care of an ambulance. Is that common?

 

[EIR]

I wonder why an air ambulance was being used for a patient after a procedure was performed. (I don't know much about how thing work in that world). I would have expected the patient would have stayed in-recovery in Philadelphia until they could travel without the need for special medical care of an ambulance. Is that common?

Somewhat common. It depends on what the insurance company and/or family wants to do.

 

[GroundPilot]

Somewhat common. It depends on what the insurance company and/or family wants to do.

The girl must have been at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. They do practically everything pediatric in that area. Fortunately my wife does not know of any colleagues that knew the patient.

 

[GolfChuck]

I read a report the patient was at Shriners. Idk if that is separate.

 

[GroundPilot]

I read a report the patient was at Shriners. Idk if that is separate.

Might be a possibility

 

[Pilot Fighter]

I wonder why an air ambulance was being used for a patient after a procedure was performed. (I don't know much about how thing work in that world). I would have expected the patient would have stayed in-recovery in Philadelphia until they could travel without the need for special medical care of an ambulance. Is that common?

Many specialist hospitals are very bed-limited, relying on other hospitals for recovery stays. After recovery, there might be a further transfer to a rehab facility.

If they are stable and cleared for transport, getting them home might be the best option, medically.

I’m often surprised how quickly hospitals release folks following serious procedures. I used to be critical blaming the state of the health industry. Now, I have a better understanding of how a hospital might be the worst place to be if you are compromised. I’ve lost relatives to Covid and flesh-eating bacterial infections while they were recovering from common procedures.

 

[FlyingAccountant]

She was at Shriners and it was spine related. She appears to be special needs so that might have been why it was easier to take the air ambo home.

Tributes pour in for girl & mom among 7 dead in Philadelphia medical jet crash

THE 11-year-old girl killed in the Philadelphia plane crash after undergoing life-saving treatment has been identified. Touching tributes have started to pour in for young Valentina Guzman Murillo …

www.the-sun.com

 

[HeyEng]

Inflight TR deployment ?

Accident Learjet 35A XA-USD, Tuesday 19 November 2013

The aircraft, a Learjet 35A bound for Cozumel, Mexico, impacted the waters of the Atlantic Ocean about three miles northeast of Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport (KFLL), For...

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The TR may have failed, but the crew...holy shiznat!

According to conversations recorded on the airplane's cockpit voice recorder, no checklists were called for, offered, or used by either flight crewmember during normal operations (before or during engine start, taxi, and takeoff) or following the announced in-flight emergency. After the "engine failure" was declared to the air traffic controller, the pilot asked the copilot for unspecified "help" because he did not "know what's going on," and he could not identify the emergency or direct the copilot in any way with regard to managing or responding to the emergency. At no time did the copilot identify or verify a specific emergency or malfunction, and he did not provide any guidance or assistance to the pilot.

 

[knot4u]

Are we thinking the bright spots on the airplane are just landing lights and a poor camera?

Landing lights on a 55 are mounted to the MLG. I'm not saying the gear was either up or down when this happened, but positive rate, gear up followed by flap retraction seems common in that phase of flight. Maybe it was an errant Aeronca but trying to speculate from a chair and nothing more than ring doorbell footage seems foolish. I've worked on a lot of Lears over the years and the 55 always struck me as a big hat with no cattle. It's not a hot rod, it's like a '77 Chevelle. It's a big girl, once you get it going with less than enough power it'll eventually go pretty fast, the suspension and brakes are woefully ill equipped to either change course or stop. I don't know what happened in Philly but I trust the NTSB to find out what caused the accident and they are not afraid to broadcast their findings to anyone willing to listen, so I'll wait patiently until they put out a final report.