and what about the korean AW139? no pilot at the controls?
these are the accident/incident involving AW139 helicopters (thank to Aviation Safety Network)
22-APR-2002 I-ACOI / 01 Bell/Agusta Aerospace fat. 2 near Monteleone, Cesena
21-JAN-2010 EC-KYR Salvamento Marítimo (Helisureste) fat. 3 Mediterranean Sea, off Almeria
03-JUL-2010 B-MHJ Sky Shuttle Helicopters, opf. East Asia Airlines fat.0 Victoria Harbour
23-FEB-2011 South Korean Coast Guard fat. 5 West of the resort island of Jeju
It's missing theaccident of June in Abu Dhabi involving Sheikh Nasser Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
. all the passengers died.
In addition we have the 2 accident to Gulf helicopter, the one of 2009 and the seconf of yesterday.
So we have some fatal accident with pilot at the controls and the AW139 isn't safe as SM says.
But no helicopter are totally safer, for sure!