Why do helicopters crash so much more often than other aircraft?
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They don’t. Well they kind of does, but the different is really small. On average helicopter crash at around 9 per 100,000 flight hours, while the average for all type of aircraft crash at around 7 per 100,000 flight hours. So they really don’t crash that more often, especially if you compare that to other vehicle like cars. There is also less risk of death with helicopter than other aircraft, but the difference is very small. Like 1.3 vs 1.4 death by 100,000 hours. But of course that is mostly because you have a lot less people on average on a helicopter.
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