Medical copter crashes at Grand Rapids hospital

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Detroit Free Press, May 30, 2008

A pilot and a passenger escaped serious injury Thursday when the medical helicopter they were in crashed and burst into flames atop the 11-story Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital in downtown Grand Rapids. No patients were aboard the Aero-Med helicopter when the accident occurred, and the pilot and his passenger escaped.

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