Aviation Safety
Date Range
to
Score Range
to
−
0
+
Helicopter flights framed as harmful to environmental and human experience
Technical noise modelling and expert comparisons to leaf blowers frame the aviation activity not as convenience but as an intrusive and damaging presence.
“That's like standing immediately next to a leaf blower”
−
0
+
Suggesting aviation safety systems failed to prevent deliberate pilot action
[false_balance], [comprehensive_sourcing] — By comparing to Germanwings and EgyptAir, the article implies that existing safeguards are insufficient, despite noting design protections like locked fuel levers.
“There have been a number previous instances of that, including a Germanwings flight that crashed into the French alps in 2015, killing everyone aboard.”