Florida rescue chopper crashes into apartment

[simply1]

Two people in the helicopter survived, one died and one resident died.

Florida fire rescue helicopter crashes into apartment complex, 2 dead

Two people were killed when a Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue helicopter crashed into a small apartment complex in Pompano Beach, Florida.

abcnews.go.com

 

[bos]

That’s terrible. You just never know.

 

[Acylum]

Odd because helicopters are usually so safe and rarely crash.

 

[CycloneWanderer]

Odd because helicopters are usually so safe and rarely crash.

When what you do is beat the air into submission, sometimes the air teams up with gravity and just wins.

 

[Walden4Prez]

Odd because helicopters are usually so safe and rarely crash.

Helicopters crash at a higher rate than airplanes.

 

[HitItHard58]

Helicopters crash at a higher rate than airplanes.

 

[2020cy]

Who were they rescuing?

 

[simply1]

Who were they rescuing?

All I know

The fire rescue helicopter was headed to a scene in North Lauderdale at the time of the crash, officials said.

 

[NorthCyd]

Odd because helicopters are usually so safe and rarely crash.

Way safer than driving.

 

[Pat]

Way safer than driving.

So, I was curious. Not so much, apparently. The assumptions in the math don’t stand up to much scrutiny, but the difference is stark enough that it may not matter.

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Between 2005 and 2009, there was an annual average of 1.44 fatalities (PDF) per 100,000 flying hours in nonmilitary helicopters. Over the same period, there were 13.2 traffic fatalities per 100,000 population in the United States annually. Since the average American spends around 780 hours per year (PDF) in the car, that means the fatality rate per 100,000 hours of driving time is just 0.017. Based on hours alone, helicopters are 85 times more dangerous than driving.

 

[KidSilverhair]

From the radio transmissions the pilot knew he had engine trouble, but thought he could get to the airport. Apparently he didn’t know he was on fire and the fire was burning through the tail boom. I’m guessing if he knew that he would have tried to put down immediately instead of trying to get to the airport. Very sad deal - the pilot had flown rescue helicopters for a long time.

 

[NorthCyd]

So, I was curious. Not so much, apparently. The assumptions in the math don’t stand up to much scrutiny, but the difference is stark enough that it may not matter.

Are Helicopters Safer Than Cars?

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I suppose on an operations hours basis it's probably not much safer because a lot of hours of car operation is accounted for by people driving a couple miles from their house to the store where they probably never go over 35 mph, which of course is not practical for a helicopter and something you would never use it for. On a per miles basis traveling by helicopter is safer. So I guess I should qualify my statement by saying traveling any kind of long distance by helicopter is safer than driving a car.

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