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Memorial honors three killed in Mississippi medical helicopter crash

MADISON, Miss. (WJTV) – A memorial was held for three crew members who died during a medical helicopter crash in Mississippi.

The memorial for Jakob Kindt, Dustin Pope, and Cal Wesolowski was held at Broadmoor Baptist Church in Madison on March 21. A medical helicopter fleet flew over the church to honor the crew members.

Madison County officials said the helicopter crashed in a heavily wooded area south of the Natchez Trace Parkway and north of Pipeline Road on Monday, March 10.

Officials with the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) said two UMMC employee crew members and a Med-Trans pilot were on board the AirCare helicopter at the time of the crash. No patient was on board.

Pope was the base supervisor for AirCare in Columbus and a flight nurse. Kindt was a critical care paramedic. They had both started working for UMMC on August 14, 2017, according to officials. Wesolowski was the Med-Trans pilot.

Dr. LouAnn Woodward, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs at UMMC, said AirCare 3, based in Columbus, had flown to the Medical Center to transport a patient and was returning to Columbus when the accident occurred around 12:30 p.m. on March 10.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will investigate the crash.

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