“We can see the wreckage and the situation does not look good,” the head of lran’s Red Crescent, Pirhossein Kolivand, told state TV.

  • GhostalmediaEnglish
    10•24 days ago

    The odds of being in a fatal helicopter crash are impossibly small. 0.63 out of 100,000 in the USA

    https://www.airmedandrescue.com/latest/news/us-helicopter-accident-rate-analysis

    And if you read up on what causes a lot of these fatalities, you see a lot of accidents with pilots and personal aircraft, or pilots trying doing things like high risk medical evacuations.

    The chances of dying in a helicopter air taxi are insanely small.

    • PorradaVFREnglish
      3•24 days ago

      In the USA. An old helo with questionable access to parts….perhaps lower odds. In bad weather, lower still.