Medical Helicopter Crashes Near Church; All 4 Aboard Survive

Medical Helicopter Crashes Near Church; All 4 Aboard Survive
A medical helicopter rests next to the Drexel Hill United Methodist Church after it crashed in the Drexel Hill section of Upper Darby Township in Delaware County, Pa., on Jan. 11, 2022. Monica Herndon/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP
The Associated Press
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UPPER DARBY, Pa.—A pilot crash landed a medical helicopter Tuesday without casualties in a residential area of suburban Philadelphia, miraculously avoiding a web of power lines and buildings as the aircraft fluttered, hit the street, and slid into bushes outside a church, authorities and a witness said.

None of the four people on board, including an infant, sustained life-threatening injuries, Upper Darby Police Superintendent Timothy M. Bernhardt said at a press conference, adding that he was eager to shake the pilot’s hand for getting the helicopter down the way they did.