Medical Helicopter Misses the Hospital Landing Pad and Then Explodes! | ARCH Air N356AM (25)

In this episode, I will tell the story of the fatal ARCH Air Medical helicopter crash that took place on March 6, 2015 in downtown St. Louis, MO, U.S.A. The initial impact itself was listed as survivable, but this medical helicopter was not equipped with a crash resistant fuel tank, and subsequently exploded after impact and killed the pilot. There are hundreds of AS350s, H125s, and EC130s across the world that are used for medical evacuation and the tourism industry. While the FAA, Airbus, and the EASA all acknowledge that this airframe tends to explode or catch on fire after impact, none of them have required the available crash resistant fuel tanks/systems, which are readily available, to be installed. Follow up - I was able to obtain the video of this crash and have posted it with a quick review here -    • ARCH Air Medical Helicopter Crash Footage ...   Does your helicopter have this crash resistant protection? Lemme know in the comments below!!! Edit - yes at 19:08 I said “glide scope” when referring to the proper “glide SLOPE” for the landing pad. Too many intubations in the field with the famous GlideScope! 🤦🏽🤦🏽🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼 Don't forget to stop by TheDoctorMedic.com and grab some merch or browse for classes! YOUR support is really the only way to keep this channel going - so THANK YOU to those who hit the "super thanks" button in the video or you can even support me privately through Venmo @thedoctormedic Follow me here!! Facebook -   / thedoctormedic   Instagram -   / thedrmedic   TikTok -   / thedrmedic   Twitter -   / thedoctormedic2   This video is for educational purposes and is in no way intended to provoke, incite, or shock the viewer. FAIR USE This video falls under fair use protection as it has been manipulated for educational purposes with the addition of commentary. This video is complementary to illustrate the educational value of the information being delivered through the commentary and has inherently changed the value, audience and intention of the original video.