The team at HeliHub.com provide a record of as many helicopter accidents and incidents as we can. Inevitably this includes what we believe to be the full list of fatal helicopter accidents, and we are presenting here the summary for May 2011. We indicate the number of fatalities in the summary line with the number in parentheses at the end, ie (2F) would refer to 2 Fatalities. Summary for the month is 11 fatal accidents and 18 fatalities. These can be split down into
- Military – 6 fatal accidents, 13 fatalities
- Civil – 5 fatal accidents, 5 fatalities.
List of accidents
- 30-May-11 Boeing CH-47D Tarin Kot, Afghanistan (1F)
- 28-May-11 Mil Mi-2 Yasny, Russia (1F)
- 27-May-11 N222DW Brantly B2 Hayfork, US-California (1F)
- 26-May-11 Paktika Province, Afghanistan (1F)
- 23-May-11 HK-4448 Bell 206L3 El Alto, Colombia (2F)
- 20-May-11 Eurocopter SA318C Istanbul, Turkey (4F)
- 20-May-11 C-FJUR Bell 212 Slave Lake, Canada (1F)
- 13-May-11 Mil Mi-8 Bahadurpura, India (4F)
- 12-May-11 N9263Y Bell OH-58C New Athens, US-Illinois (1F)
- 09-May-11 VH-DSD Robinson R22 Julia Creek, Australia (1F)
- 03-May-11 Hari Pur, Pakistan (1F)
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