Helicopter crash in london video

hi all

sry if this has been posted I did seaech

this is just breaking so I dont have any info. but its a good video

www.telegraph.co.uk...

A helicopter has crashed in central London this morning It hit a crane in Vauxhall, south London and a plume of smoke was seen billowing into the sky above the area.

It apparently hit a crane on top of a building, Scotland Yard said. It then hit two cars.

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In the spirit of the previous thread posted on ATS...

Where is the helicopter?

reply to post by retirednature


In very very small pieces. It was reportedly an Augusta 109. They generally don't withstand impact very well when they're cartwheeling into the ground from that height.

Originally posted by retirednature
In the spirit of the previous thread posted on ATS...

Where is the helicopter?

is there a thread on this allready?

reply to post by goou111


Two, one of which started out as "either a helicopter or a UFO" thread.

Originally posted by Zaphod58
reply to post by retirednature

 

In very very small pieces. It was reportedly an Augusta 109. They generally don't withstand impact very well when they're cartwheeling into the ground from that height.

Not good enough lol

Originally posted by Zaphod58
reply to post by goou111

 

Two, one of which started out as "either a helicopter or a UFO" thread.

oops my bad mods do your thing

reply to post by goou111


Yours has video and pics. The other one is talkin about it being a UFO.

Could it Al-Qaeda ?

Could it be 16/1 ?

Isn't it near MI6 HQ ?

Btw , it is a really cost effective comparing with 9/11 ?

Dear bush , here is a lesson.

my two cents.

hope people are alright.

Originally posted by retirednature

Originally posted by Zaphod58
reply to post by retirednature

 

In very very small pieces. It was reportedly an Augusta 109. They generally don't withstand impact very well when they're cartwheeling into the ground from that height.

Not good enough lol

edit on 16-1-2013 by retirednature because: mah

Witness reports on Sky just now saying that the helicopter was seen spiraling away from the crane after impact.

Sorry no pics

CX.

There was another, it seems you got done a few minutes before me though

Mine did not say anything about a UFO though.

I was asking some questions and woodwardjnr mentioned a low lying fog likely being the cause.

A copy of my questions from my post.

Do they require lights/flags to be visable on cranes and such to let air traffic see them easier?

Are helicopters allowed to fly that close to buildings (assuming this one did not have a landing pad on it)?

Did anyone in the area happen to see this or hear it as it took place? If so can you give some detail that we are not reading about?


Raist

Originally posted by woodwardjnr
reply to post by goou111

 

Yours has video and pics. The other one is talkin about it being a UFO.

pics or it didnt happen right?

reply to post by mideast


Yes about 150 metres away from the MI6 building hmmmm but seriously foggy at the time of the crash.

This is the building in question - the cabling is damaged down the side but the crane itself seems intact.

Everyone is asking if warning lights were on the crane .....


en.wikipedia.org...

Apparently the light on the crane was working fine, but apparently the top of the crane was obscured by fog.

Witness reports say the heli was seen banking very low over the Vauxhall Bridge which was very unusual.

Maybe the pilot was trying to avoid the fog and took a risk? Maybe he fell ill at the controls and lost it?

I've attended two heli crashes in the past, one was a lynx in a confined area and it's not a nice scene. Thumbs up again for the emergency services dealing with it, a good response from all involved by the sounds of it.

CX.

Could of been Johnny English flying back to the MI6 with Assad in handcuffs. Hey its better than the UFO thread.

reply to post by CX


Sky news are now confirming 2 dead - from eyewitness accounts this sounds plausible as one caller said a car was 'carbonized' when the chopper came down . Two cars are supposed to have been involved debris wise - one a land rover. To be honest if just the pilot and two car lots of occupants are the only fatalities it's a miracle. This was rush hour in a very busy part of South London.

For anyone interested this is allegedly the type of chopper involved - it looks to have a good safety record and is allowed to be flown by just one person - so Sky news are saying ....

www.airliners.net...

An aviation safety expert just said that you are not allowed to fly withing 500m of buildings in London.

Not sure how that works considering there are buildings around there with helipads, i guess they are an exception.

CX.

new video in op

Damn, its always sad to see fellow aviator go down, but i think he (or she) should of not flown so low on those vfr conditions.... unless ofcourse there was an emergency onboard ,mechanical failure etc... anyways R.I.P

Evacuating nearby now as the crane IS apparently precarious and a danger to the public. Part of the metallic arm is hanging loose .