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Helicopter Industry Wants to Reduce Accidents by 80 percentKim Smith, representing the International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST), said the group, “wants to reduce helicopter accidents 80 percent by 2016.” IHST released a sub-committee report last week, calling on the entire helicopter industry for help in achieving this goal. After analyzing 523 accidents that occurred in 2000, 2001 and 2006, IHST found that single-engine turbine helicopters accounted for half the accidents analyzed, while multi-engine turbines represented another 10 percent. The remainder were piston-powered rotorcraft. The results, when measured by industry type, showed nearly 20 percent of all helicopter accidents fell into the personal/private transportation category, while 18 percent occurred during instructional or training operations. Despite high-profile media attention, only eight percent of helicopter accidents were attributable to emergency medical services operations. Seventy percent of the accidents occurred under Part 91 operations, with fully 41 percent involving loss of control.