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Old 18th Oct 2002, 07:29
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Philip Whiteman
 
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Although it is comparing apples with pears, the one statistic I do have to hand—published in the last issue of General Aviation—is that TURBINE singles have approximately half the fatal accident rate of piston twins (five per million flight hours vs. 12.5).

Given the reliability of turbine engines, I think you could argue this says something positive about the safety of piston twins!
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