Cover Story, Helicopter Safety
EMS helicopter accident rates have decreased since a wave of fatal crashes nearly a decade ago.
The accident rate for U.S. helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) flights has declined significantly in recent years, but the percentage of fatal accidents and the severity of injuries remain largely unchanged, researchers say.
IATA data show many measures of safety improved in 2021, including the lack of runway excursion accidents.
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — Runway excursions, loss of control‒in flight and controlled flight into terrain accounted for nearly 30 percent of all airliner accidents in 2021, according to Flight Safety Foundation’s…
accident data, General Aviation, News
The pandemic did not make general aviation any less safe than it had been before, a study of U.S. accidents says.
