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Duck Strikes Florida Medical Helicopter
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Published: March 7, 2009
GAINESVILLE - Four people were aboard an emergency medical helicopter when a duck shattered the windshield and landed in the cockpit.
Pilot Don Irving's eye was injured in the collision, but he managed to land safely.
Thursday night, the helicopter was returning to Shands Hospital at the University of Florida carrying an unidentified trauma patient, a flight nurse and a flight paramedic. The copter was flying at an altitude of 700 feet and just a few minutes from the hospital, preparing to land on the rooftop helipad, when the bird flew into the windshield.
The bird clipped off several switches on the overhead instrument panel before landing on the foot of one of the medical crew. Irving remained calm and landed on the hospital's helipad.
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