This news just broke. Helicopter near Vauxhall went straight into a tower crane. :(
BBC News - Helicopter 'crashes into crane' in London
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This news just broke. Helicopter near Vauxhall went straight into a tower crane. :(
BBC News - Helicopter 'crashes into crane' in London
Aftermath at ground level [SFW]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...;v=WRBogaUCSUM
12 second YouTube clip showing burning wreckage.
Wowsers :( I was about to say "Hope nobody was hurt" but that would be daft :/
Heard this on the drive into work this morning as breaking news. Ouch! :-( Not good at all.
Twitter photo:
http://d4k7s9ho8qact.cloudfront.net/...oto.jpg?9d7bd4
Blimey :( heard about this on our local radio as I was driving to work, they didn't make it seem remotely as bad as I can now see! It'll be interesting to find out how the helicopter ended up crashing into the crane. Guess we can all only pray that there aren't any fatalities..
Jesus, know a few friends round there.
Judging from the pictures, we should prepare for the worst. I don't suppose the helicopter crew stood much of a chance and it was rush-hour.Quote:
Guess we can all only pray that there aren't any fatalities
Likewise, one friend of mine is a crane operator! Needless to say the first thing I did was check he's OK (he is), now my thoughts are with the helicopter crewQuote:
Originally Posted by rickjames
From what I've seen, they also say the crane is now dangling somewhat? Hope it doesn't fall!
Apparently the crane operator would have been in his cab at the time but he was late for work today. If confirmed one bit of good news in this story.Quote:
Originally Posted by LosOjos
Some more Twitter pics (the second one is of the crane)...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BAt05gxCQAA_rk_.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BAt6fHnCUAACqV7.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BAt3shICIAA-YRK.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BAt1H8SCcAAA69R.jpg
Flipping heck!
On the train into London saw the smoke 10 miles away...
Sadly, 2 people reported dead.
Andrew