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Old 17th February 2010 | 13:17
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61 Lafite
 
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Most fatalities are CFIT, weather and wires, so being flimsy by comparison to a heavier turbine isn’t going to make any difference to most fatal accidents
An analysis of Robinson accidents (fatal or fatal+Injury) with an informed view taken on whether the helicopter type was of any great significance in the accident would make fascinating reading.

The arguments would rage about whether allocation of individual incidents was type-specific, but I'd love to see the numbers. Maybe someone can commission it for a student to study.

As pointed out, Weather, CFIT, Wires, Night (my addition) could in many cases be said to be non-type-specific. If you ignore training accidents maybe the above would help end the Robbie-bashing!

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