🇯🇲Helicopter incidents in Jamaica

This database records 7 helicopter incidents in Jamaica, the earliest in 1973 and the most recent in 2021. The worst single year was 1973, with 1 incident.

2 deaths across 2 fatal accidents, which is 29% of all incidents recorded here. Every other accident in Jamaica was survived by everyone on board. The deadliest was on 1988-05-21 at Kingston, which killed 1.

The most frequently recorded type is the Bell 206B III with 4 incidents, followed by the Bell 222UT with 1. That reflects how many of each type fly in Jamaica rather than how safe they are.

Where a cause has been established, the most common is mechanical failure, in 1 accidents, then controlled flight into terrain in 1. Many records carry no established cause, either because the investigation is open or because none was published.