Originally Posted by
henra
In all fairness he is maybe slightly exaggerating but not much:
S-61:
Civil: >181 Fatalities
Incl. Mil: >458 Fatalities
S-76:
>181 Fatalities
P.S.:
I don't have the figures for the Mi-8 but that will be easily in the Thousands.
No exaggeration required at all. I lost count on the Mi-8 family around 2700 and estimate the total must be between 5k and 10k (in RECORDED accidents).
Around 12000 built across many decades though.