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Old 27th Mar 2014, 14:52
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I thought that this thread was about discussing why the CAA think that twin engine ops are safer than single. Just because you are on a faceless thread please don't feel the urge to be rude to other people with rumours and opinions.

Yes there are more single engine aircraft incidents than twin but statistics can always have tell a different story. If you decipher between general and commercial rotorcraft on the AAIB website you will have seen that there were 678 and 273 respectively. This could mean that single engined aircraft are much more dangerous than twin or it could mean that the pilots are less experienced and trained than their commercial counterparts. If said pilots could afford to run a twin then the twin accident rate might go up. It could also mean that there are more general aviation flights than commercial so with single engined aircraft being more suited to the general aviators then of course there are always going to be more incidents. Statistics are always open to opinion and opinions are like bum holes.......everybody has one.
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