JENKS, Okla. — No injuries are reported after a medical helicopter made a forced landing shortly after takeoff from Jones Riverside Airport near Tulsa.
The Air Evac Lifeteam helicopter landed safely in a field at a horse farm near the airport Thursday afternoon. Firefighters said the helicopter had dropped off a patient from Texas and was returning to Sherman, Texas, when the pilot said its hydraulics failed.
Firefighters said the helicopter crew included the pilot, a paramedic and a nurse.
The forced landing comes just more than a week after two people were killed and a third critically injured when an EagleMed medical helicopter crashed near Kingfisher.