Nobody was injured after a medical helicopter made an emergency landing in northern Iowa’s Worth County Tuesday night after a reported bird strike.
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center in Mason City says their Air Med 3 experienced a bird strike and made the landing in a rural area between Hanlontown and Manly.
A Mercy spokesman says the crew was able to make a successful emergency landing. No patients were on board at the time, while the pilot and crew were not harmed. Mercy says the helicopter suffered a shattered windscreen.
This was the second incident involving a medical helicopter from north central Iowa over the last week.
Reports also say Fort Dodge-based Life Flight 2 had an in-air incident on Sunday evening, causing their chopper to make an emergency landing just north of Rock Rapids.
Preliminary reports indicate some sort of bird strike resulted in windshield and rotor damage to that aircraft, which was able to safely land in a grassy area of rural Lyon County. No injuries were reported in that incident as well.
