sotiras
I see no contradiction. The reports to date make no mention of mechanical failure. Therefore a fully operational machine has crashed. It may well be that particular handling is required (or certain flight conditions avoided) due to a design shortcoming (e.g. avoidance of low G pushovers in an R22), or it may be that the design needs altering to make it easier to handle the aircraft safely (e.g. adding tip weights to the main rotors of the R22). The early R22 was not generally crashing due to mechanical failure, it was due to handling errors (granted, it was particularly unforgiving of inappropriate handling). The same appears to be true of the G2. However, is it because the design is unforgiving, or inadequate training, or because people just aren't respecting it (again that comes under training), or a combination of factors - who knows? As I say, time will probably provide the answers and then the accident rate will reduce considerably. I certainly won't be buying one until it does.