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Medflights makes emergency landing in Wis.

By Ben Broeren The Capital Times
The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin)
Copyright 2006 Madison Newspapers, Inc.

MedFlight had to land unexpectedly in the town of Rutland Friday after an equipment warning light appeared during a hospital-to-hospital patient transfer.

Dane County sheriff’s deputies responded to the precautionary landing in a farm field off Wisconsin 138 and Star School Road at 11:39 a.m., the Sheriff’s Office reported.

The patient and crew on board were never in jeopardy as the helicopter continued to function normally.

Stoughton EMS transferred the patient to a Madison hospital.