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Old 20th March 2015 | 23:28
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mickjoebill
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Here is a link to a list of helicopter accidents involving aerial filming that I collated. Year 2000 to 2013.


https://www.dropbox.com/s/remxlz52pj...%20V7.xls?dl=0

The work to research these incidents was prompted by the realisation that aerial filming claims the lives and injures more Tv/film technecians than all other causes combined (excluding war zones)

A shocking record of failed industrial safety.
Since distributing the list the rate of fatalities declined, up until the recent mid air that claimed 5 media crew and 5 other souls

The rate of incidences has declined though, perhaps due to
1/ making crews more sware that their behaviour before and during the flight affects flight saftey
2/ increase use of drones in low budget shoots
3/ greater availability of nose mounted stabilised cameras
4/greater awareness by pilots of the hazards of "luvvie fever"


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