Articles tagged:Survival Flight

Posted: Tue Dec 13 5:58 a.m. by Kellie Woodhouse Higher education reporter
University of Michigan ceases use of cats in Survival Flight training

The University of Michigan has stopped its controversial use of live cats during Survival Flight training exercises.

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Posted: Mon Jan 18 11:05 a.m. by Tina Reed
University of Michigan's Survival Flight jet ready to fly to Haiti to pick up injured 4-year-old girl

The University of Michigan received word its jet will be needed this week for rescue and aid efforts in Haiti following last week's devastating earthquake. The jet is planned to be used on Wednesday to pick up a 4-year-old in Haiti who is suffering from an injury as a result ...

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Posted: Sat Nov 28 11:07 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

The University of Michigan will show off its new Survival Flight plane in the state's Upper Peninsula. The Ann Arbor university says in a release that the fixed-wing Cessna Citation Encore CE-560 will be on display at the Houghton County Memorial Airport, about 420 miles northwest of Detroit.

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Posted: Fri Oct 16 4:06 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Two days after the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that pilot William Serra and the carrier were the cause of the deadly June 2007 medical plane crash, the pilot’s family is rejecting those findings, according to a Detroit News article. The article reads in part: “The NTSB's depiction of Capt. ...

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Posted: Wed Oct 14 5:14 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

After a briefing this morning, the National Transportation Safety Board today concluded the pilot and carrier were the cause of the June 2007 crash of a jet carrying a University of Michigan medical team, according to a Detroit Free Press article. The article reads in part: "A June 2007 crash ...

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Posted: Wed Oct 14 11:50 a.m. by Tina Reed

The contracted Survival Flight plane that crashed into Lake Michigan in 2007 was the topic of a National Transportation Safety Board briefing in Washington D.C. this morning.The June 2007 crash into Lake Michigan killed all six people aboard - two pilots and four members of an organ transplant team headed ...

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