Glasshouses and stones comes to mind:
From 2001 through 2005, the worldwide accident rate was 9.4 accidents per 100,000 flight hours. The attendees’ goal for 2016 was 1.9 accidents worldwide per 100,000 flight hours. As of December 31, 2012, the rate was estimated to be 5.2 accidents worldwide per 100,000 flight hours. In the United States, the numbers looked particularly promising. Helicopter accidents had been gradually decreasing from a high of 222 crashes reported in 1990.
Sadly, that trend ended during the past fiscal year. Helicopter accidents were up 19 percent between 2011 and 2012 nationwide, increasing from 129 to 154. Of the 154 accidents, 23 involved fatal accidents, up from 18 in fiscal year 2011.
Most accidents - 87 percent - occur during the day. And most of the accidents - 84 percent - can be attributed to pilot judgment and actions, according to the IHST’s U.S. Joint Helicopter Safety Analysis Team, which studied 523 accidents in 2000, 2001, and 2006.
Mars