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mercy flight

British  

noun

  1. an aircraft flight to bring a seriously ill or injured person to hospital from an isolated community

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The Mercy Flight helicopter was on its second training run of the day when it went down in a field in the western New York town of Elba in April 2022.

From Seattle Times

Buffalo-based Mercy Flight transports patients to area hospitals in a Bell 429 helicopter, according to the not-for-profit company’s website.

From Seattle Times

The mercy flight to Jordan, the first from northern Yemen in three years, also offered a glimmer of hope for faltering diplomatic efforts to broker an end to a grinding five-year war that pushed much of the country to the brink of starvation.

From New York Times

Officials didn’t name the victim, who was taken by Mercy Flight to a hospital in Syracuse.

From Washington Times

The mercy flight produced a sigh of relief of sorts among Pakistanis who have kept an anxious national vigil for Ms. Yousafzai since she was shot by a militant gunman as she returned from school in Mingora, the main town in the northwestern Swat Valley, last Tuesday.

From New York Times