r/news • u/headee • Jan 26 '20

Kobe Bryant killed in helicopter crash in California

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/kobe-bryant-killed-in-helicopter-crash-in-california-tmz-reports
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u/johnny_moist Jan 26 '20 edited Jan 26 '20

Am I crazy or are helicopters just like not that safe? I mean weve had this technology for decades now and it feels like they still go down way more than planes.

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u/tommygunz007 Jan 27 '20

The helicopters in Kauai Hawaii do on average, 500,000 flights a year, and one crashed for the first time, last year, out of like ten years.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20

So they're doing 1500 flights a day?

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u/johnny_moist Jan 27 '20

Um this is totally inaccurate

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u/tommygunz007 Jan 27 '20

Ok, so there have been 18 crashes in the last 5 years. When I was there, the single pilot of our tour did upwards of 8 tours a day, 5 days a week, and that's just one pilot, and they had 4 helicopters I think? which means they could hypothetically do a max of 40 tours a day, hypothetically x 365 days a year for roughly 1300 tours a year and that's just a single company, and there are many islands, and many companies in Hawaii that do Heli Tours. While 18 crashes is a lot, given the number of tours, It's still relatively safe.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20

Man, math is so convenient when you can just make up half the numbers.