A Sikorsky S-92A was landing at a hospital in Plymouth, England, when downwash generated by the helicopter blew three bystanders to the ground, killing one and leaving another with serious injuries, according to the U.K. Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB).
In its final report on the March 4, 2022, accident at the helicopter landing site (HLS) at Derriford Hospital, the AAIB said that two of the people who were knocked down, including the woman who was killed, were walking on a footpath near the southern edge of the HLS. The third person was in an outdoor parking area. A relative who was walking with the fatally injured woman told investigators of seeing her “lifted off the ground by the downwash before landing on the ground,” the report said. The woman, who appeared unconscious, had suffered a serious head injury.
The relative, who sustained minor injuries, told investigators that although she was aware of signs near the footpath that warned of a “danger o…
