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World Service,1 min

SeriesSuccess and Failure in Medicine

Why do so many US air ambulance helicopters crash?

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Robert Sumwalt of the National Transportation Safety Board on the number of helicopter crashes that have blighted the Air Ambulance industry in the United States. Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images

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