KZNSeagull
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I suppose - but there is nothing like a good bit of scaremongering by Sky News though is there.
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Helicopter crash in London...
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I suppose - but there is nothing like a good bit of scaremongering by Sky News though is there.
I'm just hoping dingle dan didn't actually live at the top of the crane - it is afterall probably the only type of place he feels safe from the NWO.
clapham_gull
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- Aug 20, 2003
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I know the area quite well and two things are common up there. Helicopters and cranes.
Tragic accident. Reports saying cars may be involved. Like most roads it would have rammed.
Tragic accident. Reports saying cars may be involved. Like most roads it would have rammed.
His job is to report what's happened, not to speculate on what might've happened and why. Does he have a decent source for this "terrorism" information, or is it that it's 'quite near' the MI5 building (despite being the wrong side of the river!)?
clapham_gull
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Herne Hill Seagull
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Quite, but that's a long-forgotten shibboleth. As Danny Baker is fond of saying of the news media, "If you're not scared, we're not doing our jobs properly." The news media, being 24/7/365 nowadays, have so much filling to do that they simply pad it out with repetition, speculation and stupid questions, rather than actually reporting the facts.
Arthur
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No of course not and it makes more interesting viewing of course.
But nobodies knows what has happened yet. All anyone knows at the moment is that a helicopter has crashed in a very busy part of south London close to government buildings.
And to be fair to him the only time I've heard him mention terrorism was following an eye witness account from a builder who said that they heard a loud bang and thought it was a terrorist attack. But I've only been listening for the last 20 mins or so.
clapham_gull
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Just crossing the river a couple of miles away and can still see the plume of smoke.
The skies have cleared now but it was bery misty this morning.
The skies have cleared now but it was bery misty this morning.
Twinkle Toes
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Obviously that's 2 lives lost too many, but it could have been a helluva lot worse quite honestly. I guess at times like this it's a case of being thankful for small mercies.
Spanish Seagulls
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There is a Heliport 2 mins away at Battersea, probably from there.
Agreed. This area would have been heaving with traffic and people at 8 in the morning.
Casualties could rise if as reported, the chopper landed on two cars!
1 dead in the helicopter and 1 dead in a car
Breaking... No more casualties expected!
34064 Fighter Command
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You have to say that that building is pretty difficult to not see, given it's height, so I'd suggest the pilot wasn't aware of the NATS warning that a crane was operating on the top of it.
From the eyewitness reports it appears the undercarriage clipped the crane jib, and that would have sent the helicopter out of control as the precession effect of the rotors would have flipped it over
And small helicopters aren't always fitted with radar. Even if they are the pilot isn't supposes to fly into the cloud base but should stay below the cloud level, so what made him decide to fly so close? If anything he should have flown beneath the crane jib, but may have been concerned with poor visibilty, that there was a cable that he could not see. It was probably a poor decision to fly in the first place.
From the eyewitness reports it appears the undercarriage clipped the crane jib, and that would have sent the helicopter out of control as the precession effect of the rotors would have flipped it over
And small helicopters aren't always fitted with radar. Even if they are the pilot isn't supposes to fly into the cloud base but should stay below the cloud level, so what made him decide to fly so close? If anything he should have flown beneath the crane jib, but may have been concerned with poor visibilty, that there was a cable that he could not see. It was probably a poor decision to fly in the first place.
Arthur
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Quite!
That bloke who was just on Sky News was just using it as an excuse to have a day off work! "Oooooooh I'm sooooo shaken up I can't possibly go to work" but you can ring up a national news channel and get your 15 minutes of fame.
Spanish Seagulls
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Helicopter was diverting to Battersea for whatever reason so probably not aware of its surroundings. May have been in trouble prior to hitting the crane.
Nibble
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Exactly. It also disappoints me that this happens in front of you and the best thing you can possibly think to do to be useful or to be of help is to get your iphone out and film it. Unbelievable.
Sussex Nomad
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Couldn't see the top of the BT Tower this morning, it was pretty foggy. Apparently all civilian flights by helicopter over central London has to use the Thames as its 'road' with only the Police, Armed Forces and the Queen being allowed to fly over central London itself. Hence the reason this has happened so close to the Thames.