Overview
- Authorities said the helicopter went down Saturday in the 7100 block of Cairo Bend Road between Gallatin and Lebanon, and motorists were asked to avoid the area.
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center confirmed three crew were aboard—a pilot and two nurses—with one killed and two in critical condition at Vanderbilt University Hospital.
- No patients were on the aircraft at the time of the crash, according to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
- Officials identified the aircraft as Vanderbilt LifeFlight One based at Sumner County EMS, and noted it was an Airbus EC130T2.
- Local outlets reported the flight may have departed Music City Executive Airport in Gallatin shortly before the crash, a detail not yet confirmed by federal investigators.