Helicopter Safety

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Russian Kamov KA 50 in service since 1995 . Rotor release ejection system. Cost 16 million dollars in 2011. It's a military craft with bullet proof cockpit , no tail rotor bit twin counter balancing rotors driven by two engines , one as back up will operate on its own if the other fails. Plus many more military features not needed on a commercial version.

I would expect a big cost saving on a stripped down commercial version.

It's a modified jet ejection system - for a single person cockpit; it certainly looks entirely incapable of being applied to a passenger helicopter. But who knows - it's been looked at many times and the risk profile for a military platform is entirely different for a civilian one.