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Critical Air Medicine

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Airline of the United States

Critical Air Medicine
Founded	1984
Fleet size	2
Destinations	charter air ambulance service
Headquarters	San Diego,California
Website	http://www.criticalair.com/

Critical Air Medicine is a charterair ambulance service operating fromSan Diego,California. Critical Air, Inc, the Texas-based rotor-wing operations division of Critical Air Medicine was sold toAir Evac Lifeteam.

The remaining fleet consists of 2CE-421C Golden Eagle prop aircraft operated by 3 full-time pilots.

Incidents

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A Critical Air Medicine aircraft crashed on February 10, 1994, killing two people after 60 gallons ofjet fuel was added byNayak Aviation of San Antonio instead of the requiredaviation fuel.^[1]

In 1996, the airline was sued formedical malpractice by a patient's family after being airlifted to a hospital following an automobile accident.^[2]

References

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^Parker, J. Michael (February 12, 1994)."Fuel foul-up confirmed in air crash investigation".San Antonio Express-News. San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved2008-05-26.
^"CRITICAL AIR MEDICINE vs LAWRENCE JEFFERY STANARD". Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourth District, San Antonio. Retrieved2008-05-26.^{[permanent dead link]}