Helicopter crash in South London

[arista]

SkyNewsHD Live
and Radio 5

Its repoted to have hit a crane in Vauxhall

Exploaded as it hit the ground.

http://news.sky.com/story/1038710/helicopter-crashes-into-crane-in-london

[Marc]

Wow, imagine seeing that

[arista]

SkyNewsHD reports it was just the piliot in the Helicopter

Nearby is the Battersea Heliport.

Reports are 2 cars hit the crash

[Marc]

What about those people in the cars :(

[arista]

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[Cherie]

Looks horrendous, if no on the ground is dead it will be a miracle.

[arista]

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[AnnieK]

How awful.....hope there are not too many casualties.

[Marc]

I would have been one of those residents watching.. Is that sick?

[arista]

I would have been one of those residents watching.. Is that sick?

No as if you found a injured person
you would help them.

[Marc]

I would

[Kazanne]

Hopefully not too many casualties from this,how awful,poor pilot.

[arista]

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http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/01/16/article-2263213-16F7CAC3000005DC-89_634x487.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/01/16/article-2263213-16F7CA89000005DC-548_634x564.jpg
The Crane it hit

Helicopter 'crashes into crane on top of tower and explodes' on South Bank.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2263213/BREAKING-NEWS-Helicopter-crashes-crane-explodes-central-London.html#ixzz2I7y8aQXV


It went down in seconds
after crashing into the crane
Exploading before it hit the ground

[Marc]

Apparently the crane is in a very vicarious position

[arista]

Low Clouds
had been the reason no workers were up the crane,
lucky them


Was the Warning Light on the Crane working?

[Marc]

Very

[Vanessa]

Omg! That looks awful! I hope no one was hurt! :shocked:

[arista]

Two killed and nine injured as helicopter
crashes into crane on new
Thames-side skyscraper and plunges into rush-hour traffic

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2263213/Helicopter-crash-Vauxhall-central-London-2-killed-2-injured-helicopter-hits-Thames-skyscraper.html#ixzz2I8YLqhEw



2 Dead the pilot one of them.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/01/16/article-2263213-16F83B28000005DC-151_470x559.jpg


http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/01/16/article-2263213-16F7F669000005DC-940_964x814.jpg

[Jesus.]

Seems like pilot error if it crashed into a crane.

[Vanessa]

Two killed and nine injured as helicopter
crashes into crane on new
Thames-side skyscraper and plunges into rush-hour traffic

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2263213/Helicopter-crash-Vauxhall-central-London-2-killed-2-injured-helicopter-hits-Thames-skyscraper.html#ixzz2I8YLqhEw



2 Dead the pilot one of them.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/01/16/article-2263213-16F83B28000005DC-151_470x559.jpg


http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/01/16/article-2263213-16F7F669000005DC-940_964x814.jpg

:(

[Kizzy]

The passengers on the approaching double decker had a very lucky escape!

[arista]

Seems like pilot error if it crashed into a crane.


Yes he was not used to that area
he had asked to land at Battersea Heliport.

He was from Redhill going to Elstree.

There was a Low Dark Cloud that was effecting his route


ref: SkyNewsHD

[Nedusa]

Was somebody killed on the ground ?

[Scarlett.]

Holy heck D:

[arista]

Was somebody killed on the ground ?

Yes one

[arista]

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02453/helicopter-spec_2453059c.jpg

the type that crashed

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/01/16/article-2263213-16F9E71E000005DC-855_470x423.jpg
The Piliot Pete Barnes in 2004
he had worked on Bond Films.


They have the Black Box Now
Ref: BBC London Local News.

[Harry!]

This looks totally devastating. My support goes to the families involved.

[Benjamin]

What puzzles me in the news story is this:

The Met told the BBC there was no suggestion the incident was linked to terrorism.

Why would anyone think this is part of a terrorism attack, when it clearly isn't?

[arista]

What puzzles me in the news story is this:



Why would anyone think this is part of a terrorism attack, when it clearly isn't?



That Easy to Answer Ben

500 yards away is the MI5 building
it gets bombed on the new bond movie - cgi , though

[Ninastar]

What puzzles me in the news story is this:



Why would anyone think this is part of a terrorism attack, when it clearly isn't?

If there was a helicopter/plane crash in one of the main cities of the world and I lived there, the first thing I would have assumed was terrorism...

[arista]

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[arista]

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[BBfanUSA]

This was the first thing I saw on the national news this morning,

I feel for the casualty's and pilot's families.

[Benjamin]

Both crane drivers overslept? I thought they were not there because of the bad weather/visibility.

[Shaun]

flaming miracle? lucky men? way to rub it into the 2 victims' families wounds...

[Benjamin]

It also annoys me slightly that the pilot (who was responsible for this) has his photo and name mentioned at every opportunity because he did some work for a Bond film yet the other victim who was just plain unlucky is just known as victim number 2. :bored:

[Glenn.]

Daily Mail has a tasteful headline :bored:

[arista]

It also annoys me slightly that the pilot (who was responsible for this) has his photo and name mentioned at every opportunity because he did some work for a Bond film yet the other victim who was just plain unlucky is just known as victim number 2. :bored:


Yes just a bloke - unlucky
and now dead
due to the Helicopter
getting lost in fog/ low cloud
and Crashing fast to the ground,
in flames.

[arista]

It also annoys me slightly that the pilot (who was responsible for this) has his photo and name mentioned at every opportunity because he did some work for a Bond film yet the other victim who was just plain unlucky is just known as victim number 2. :bored:


On BBC1 London Local News
tonight they started with the Photo of the Rentkill Manager
who died.
And then spent 10mins
on his family and more photos
of him smilling and his tragic death.

So that was good.