Was a helicopter crash that killed four people as it took a patient to hospital caused by the pilot TEXTING at the controls?
A fatal 2011 medical helicopter crash is thought to be the first commercial accident caused by texting while flying, according to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board. The incident in Missouri killed four people, including the 58-year-old woman who was being transferred between hospitals, after the helicopter ran out of fuel and plunged to the ground. Now new documents reveal that the pilot received four texts and sent three others during the flight and it thought that these distractions contributed to the accident. Scene: The medical helicopter crashed in this field after what is thought to be the first commercial accident caused by texting and flying, according to safety board reports Tragic: Pilot James Freudenbert, 34, (left) and 58-year-old Terry Tacoronte, (right) who was being transferred between hospitals, died in the crash As reported by Bloomberg, the National Transportation Safety Board is meeting on Tuesday to assign a cause for the accident on August