Saftey Comparisons
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From: Here,there &everywhere
Like ALL things, flying helicopters has a degree of risk accosiated with it
I have lost 2 friends in helicopters and 4 friends in car accidents in the last 5 years.And only one of the heli accidents was mechanical failure.(One to many if you ask me)
I have lost 2 friends in helicopters and 4 friends in car accidents in the last 5 years.And only one of the heli accidents was mechanical failure.(One to many if you ask me)
Last edited by Dynamic Component; 13th April 2004 at 05:10.
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From: Somewhere
Type / Death Rate per billion pax miles / Pax Miles Billions
Cars / .89 / 2393.2
Intercity Bus / .03 / 23.7
Transit Bus / .01 / 20.7
Trains / .02 / 13.5
Airplanes / .01 / 354.3
Taken from "The World's Most Dangerous Places" where they claim the most dangerous form of travel is a Third World minibus.
Helicopter are extremely safe and didn't even bother a mention. Your friend was misinformed.
Check out http://www.comebackalive.com/df/dgrawait.htm
Cars / .89 / 2393.2
Intercity Bus / .03 / 23.7
Transit Bus / .01 / 20.7
Trains / .02 / 13.5
Airplanes / .01 / 354.3
Taken from "The World's Most Dangerous Places" where they claim the most dangerous form of travel is a Third World minibus.
Helicopter are extremely safe and didn't even bother a mention. Your friend was misinformed.
Check out http://www.comebackalive.com/df/dgrawait.htm
Thread Starter
Joined: Jul 2003
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From: up north (uk)
Send Clowns - I believe the Jet Ranger claim is that it is the safest single engined light aircraft in the world... at least that was the line I got from an Ozzy pilot working on The Great Ocean Road. But the exact definition of the rather loose term "safest" wasn't given!
Bladestrike - Cheers, but no mention at all makes me suspicious... Still, cars came out on top anyway.
Keep the replies coming - this is all very enlightening...
Ta.
Bladestrike - Cheers, but no mention at all makes me suspicious... Still, cars came out on top anyway.
Keep the replies coming - this is all very enlightening...
Ta.
Joined: May 2000
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From: Aberdeen,UK
Over the years I've noticed there are 2 types of pilots.
The first type reads the accident report and judges that the crew or the equipment were at fault,it'll never happen to me and that helicopters are safe.
The other type looks at the report and thinks, the crew were at fault (that could be me), the equipment was at fault ( that could my aircraft) and that helicopters are f***##g dangerous.
Of course there is the third type of pilot who never reads the accident reports and carries on blissfully unaware!!
75.225% of all statistics are bull!!!!!!
The first type reads the accident report and judges that the crew or the equipment were at fault,it'll never happen to me and that helicopters are safe.
The other type looks at the report and thinks, the crew were at fault (that could be me), the equipment was at fault ( that could my aircraft) and that helicopters are f***##g dangerous.
Of course there is the third type of pilot who never reads the accident reports and carries on blissfully unaware!!
75.225% of all statistics are bull!!!!!!
