Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 163: To ask the Minister for Transport if the cause or causes have been determined in respect of all air accidents involving helicopters in the past five years; if there is one particular cause for such accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24667/07]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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I have been advised that a total of 23 helicopter accidents have been reported to the Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) of my Department over the past 5 years. Of these 23 accidents a total of 19 have been investigated and reports have been published with a probable cause. The 4 remaining accidents are still under investigation and final reports will be published in due course. The causal factors vary throughout the spectrum of operational, technical and human factor issues. No one specific cause can be attributed to all these accidents. All published reports can be viewed on the AAIU website www.aaiu.ie