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Originally Posted by VINMAN

I remember one time, in the Army we were talking about helicopter crash fatalities( I was in Aviation). One of the guys said they should just put ejection seats in copters. Everyone in the hanger just looked at him and did a face palm.

Ejection seat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Kamov Ka-50, which entered service with Russian forces in 1995, was the first production helicopter to be fitted with an ejection seat. The system is very similar to that of a conventional fixed-wing aircraft; the main rotors are equipped with explosive bolts and are designed to disintegrate moments before the seat rocket is fired. Prototype #9 (s/n 66-8834) of the AH-56 Cheyenne was fitted with downward firing ejection seats in 1970 after a fatal testing accident the previous year.