Local Metro responded and shut down Airport Road from Bader to Willow for approximately three hours. With the leaking fuel, Metro Sergeant Bret Empey wasn’t taking any chances until the spill had been contained.
The Air Force Mission Recovery Team was called in to repair the probe. The team arrived early on Tuesday and spent several hours repairing the 23 foot probe. While the broken probe lay on the runway it was undetermined as to how it would be transported back to Nellis Air Force Base. The Pave Hawk is a twin-engine medium-lift helicopter which conducts day or night combat search and rescue operations. This helicopter is versatile allowing it to also perform civil search and rescue disaster relief as well. The crew was able to put the helicopter down with a safe landing and no injuries were reported. |