GILFORD — A helicopter on its way to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon with a patient in respiratory distress, made an emergency landing at the Laconia Municipal Airport yesterday after reporting mechanical difficulties.
Firefighters and an ambulance from Gilford responded but the helicopter had already landed safely. The patient was transferred from the DHART LZ to a Gilford ambulance and transported to Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia to await a different DHART LZ to finish the trip to Lebanon.
Deputy Fire Chief Brad Ober said because the chopper landed safely, Laconia firefighters were diverted to LRGH to be on the scene for the second helicopter and Belmont firefighters were sent back to Belmont.
In cases of possible aviation difficulties that include potential landing problems to an actual crash, crews from Laconia and Belmont will automatically respond to the airport.
CUTLINE: Gilford Firefighters transfer an unidentified patient from a DHART LZ helicopter to an ambulance at the Laconia Airport yesterday afternoon. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Gail Ober)
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