Helicopter Accidents Prove Slow To Decline
The International Helicopter Safety Team is still striving to meet its 2006 goal of cutting helicopter accidents worldwide by 2016. (Photo: IHST)
The International Helicopter Safety Team is still striving to meet its 2006 goal of cutting helicopter accidents worldwide by 2016. (Photo: IHST)

The 2006 goal of the International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) was bold: reduce helicopter accidents by 80 percent by 2016. Unfortunately, rotorcraft accident numbers have not dropped as precipitously as those of commercial transport aircraft.