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❯ ❯ ❯ ❯ ❯ ❯ ❯ ❯ The EHEST is committed to the IHST goal of reducing the helicopter accident rate by 80 % by 2016 worldwide, with emphasis on European safety. The EHEST brings together helicopter manufacturers, operators, EASA, national aviation authorities, helicopter and pilots associations, research organisations, accident investigators, the general aviation community and a few military operators from across Europe [Ref. 1–5]. EHEST comprises more than 75 participating organisations. A listing of participants is provided on the ESSI/EHEST website ( 4 ). The safety team addresses the broad spectrum of helicopter operations across Europe, from commercial air transport to general aviation. ( 4 ) http://www.easa.europa.eu/essi/ehestEN.html 8 Goal: To reduce the helicopter accident rate by 80% by 2016 European Helicopter Safety Team EHEST
❯ ❯ ❯ ❯ ❯ ❯ ❯ ❯ ❯ 2. Background data for Europe In Europe ( 5 ), helicopters are used in a wide variety of operations and regions — from North Sea off shore operations to mountain fl ying and from fi refi ghting operations to pleasure fl ights. For 2007, it was estimated that approximately 6 860 ( 6 ) helicopters were registered in Europe for civil use. No reliable fl ight hour data are available for all registered helicopters across Europe. However, an estimate can be determined for turbine-powered helicopters ( 7 ). For the year 2007 a total Number of accidents 140 120 100 of 1.7 million fl ight hours and 5 million landings was estimated for civil use helicopters registered in Europe. Data collected for the EASA annual safety review [Ref. 6] provide an indication of the total number of helicopter accidents within Europe (see Figure 1). For the year 2006, 116 helicopter accidents were reported to EASA. In 2007 the number decreased to 96. It has to be noted, however, that four states did not provide data to EASA for the year 2007, compared with only one state for 2006. In 2006, EASA started collecting accident information for light aircraft (maximum take-off mass below 2 250 kg). Because of this, no trend can be observed based on the two-year data. A total of 16 fatal accidents occurred in 2007, compared with 14 in 2006. In these accidents, 92 people were fatally injured (47 in 2007 and 45 in 2006). It can be concluded that helicopter operations are an important part of aviation for Europe. Accidents continue to occur. The following section describes what process the EHEST/IHST initiative had developed to work towards the goal of helicopter accident rate reduction. ( 5 ) For this report, Europe is considered to be the 27 European Union Member States plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. ( 6 ) Source: Helicas and EASA Data Warehouse ( 7 ) Source: EASA Data Warehouse 80 60 40 20 0 14 162 2007 Year 2006 Fatal accidents Non-fatal accidents Figure 1 — Helicopter accidents in EASA Member States (Civil aviation, EASA Member States registered helicopters) 16 80 9
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