Its the utter bollox of his opening headline and sub title;
DEADLY TOLL OF UK HELICOPTER CRASHES
By Jeremy Armstrong
THE Irish Sea crash is the latest in a tragic series of helicopter accidents in the UK.
He makes it sound as if we are falling out of the sky on a regular basis.
Some comparisons would have balanced it out a bit but as we know, thats not what journalism is about.
How about researching the amount of flying hours conducted since the 1986 Chinook accident versus the amount of fatalities then use a comparison of how many people die on the roads each year? But it wouldn't sell fish wrappers would it?
Whats his point? (If he has one) Is he suggesting the helicopter business (civvy and mil) in this country is dangerous, more dangerous than other countries, has a poor safety record?
If his piece is an editorial, surely it is supposed to have a point or summary? It just appears to be a shoddy piece of googled 'facts' hashed together to appear to be relevant with the 365 accident.
And another thing;
In the same month two soldiers died when an Army Gazelle helicopter made a forced landing in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
He's not wrong but I don't think the term 'forced landing' was approproate for that accident. Cock.