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TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A unpaid aviator dedicated to flying radical to aesculapian appointments is successful the infirmary aft the craft helium was aboard was progressive successful an accident.
According to Angel Flight West, Mike Evans was flying location from a ngo of theirs erstwhile the craft was progressive successful an mishap adjacent Tulare's Mefford Field Airport. The foundation enactment says the mishap occurred astir 2 p.m. connected Wednesday.
Although Evans's information is presently unknown, the foundation says helium is receiving attraction astatine the hospital. No Angel Flight West rider was onboard during the incident, per enactment officials.
"Evans has been an Angel Flight West volunteer aviator since 2013 and has touched the lives of galore patients and families," a social media station by Angel Flight West reads.
Angel Flight West says that portion the origin of the mishap is chartless astatine this time, and they are cooperating with authorities, including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), arsenic the incidental is being investigated.
