4 people, including babies, survive helicopter crash outside Philadelphia

Four people, including an infant, survived after the medical helicopter they were piloting crashed in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, local CBS News affiliate report.

The helicopter crashed near a Methodist church shortly before 1 p.m. when it crashed during a flight from Hagerstown, Maryland, to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

The pilot is said to have made a semi-controlled landing and no one on the ground was injured. All four people on board – the pilot, 2 other adults and a baby – survived without any serious injuries and the infant patient was taken to hospital by ground transport, Fox affiliate Philadelphia’s local report.

The church was not damaged.

The National Transportation Safety Board said it would investigate the cause of the crash.

Air Method, the service that operated the helicopter that provided the flight, plans to “cooperate fully” with investigators but “will not share any additional information” with the public to protect the aircraft. guard”[p]privacy “of” people on board. ”