Yesterday, I wrote about Eric Longabardi's piece on former FAA safety inspector Darrin Wargacki, recently fired from his job.

Wargacki says he reported unsafe pilot training procedures at PHI Inc. — one of the largest helicopter transport companies in America — and was fired for blowing the whistle.

The FAA says Wargacki simply lacked the people skills required for the job of aviation safety inspector.

Longabardi just informed me that a PHI Helicopter went down on Monday, killing four people. From the Houston Chronicle:

Shortly after picking up a patient in Huntsville, a medical helicopter tore through pine trees and crashed in the Sam Houston National Forest early Sunday, killing all four aboard. 

…The Bell 407 helicopter was part of a fleet operated in Texas and other states by PHI Air Medical, a Lafayette, La.-based company that employed the crew. 

The Associated Press reports that rescue crews "struggled to find the wreckage in the dense Sam Houston National Forest" and that the "cause was being investigated."

(photo credit: Robert Dibrell, Houston Chronicle)

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