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Duke Life Flight crashes in North Carolina, killing four aboard

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"g-row story-header">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"story-header-text no-ant">&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"h-1"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;080000&semi;"><strong>Duke Life Flight helicopter crash kills four&comma; Friday in Perquimans County&comma; NC<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"antenna antenna-summary-widget no-ant antenna-reset "><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"g-row story-asset"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"g-row story-text">&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-251784" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;09&sol;duke-univ-medavac-crash-kills-four-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Duke Univ medavac crash kills four 2&period;jpg" width&equals;"841" height&equals;"473" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Four people died after a life flight helicopter crashed northeast of North Carolina&comma; according to a report&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A Eurocopter MBB-BK 117 went down in Belvedere on Friday&period; Four people were aboard the chopper&comma; which Duke Health confirmed was one of its Life Flight helicopters&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;State Highway Patrol told <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wral&period;com&sol;duke-life-flight-crash-kills-four&sol;16935147&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">WRAL<&sol;a> that the four people were killed in the wreckage&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The crash occurred near the town of Belvidere&comma; south of the Perquimans-Gates county line&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-251780" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;09&sol;duke-univ-medavac-crash-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Duke Univ medavac crash 1&period;png" width&equals;"1150" height&equals;"770" &sol;><strong>Smoke bellows from the crash site after Duke Life Flight crashed in North Carolina&comma; Friday<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"embed-content no-ant"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The last time a Duke Life Flight helicopter <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wral&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;story&sol;153415&sol;">crashed was in a Burlington neighborhood in October 2000<&sol;a>&comma; killing the pilot&comma; who was the only person aboard&period; In that crash&comma; the pilot instructed the crew to take a patient from Alamance Regional Hospital to Duke University Hospital after seeing a warning light indicating a problem with transmission oil pressure&period; The crash occurred shortly after takeoff as the helicopter was returning to Durham&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Duke operates two Life Flight helicopters&comma; both of which are 5 years old&period; They are based at Duke Hospital and at Johnston Regional Airport in Smithfield and fly to all of North Carolina and covers parts of South Carolina&comma; Virginia and Tennessee&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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