Helicopter crash in London

[Carstairs]

They have just read an email from a Construction H&S chap, who has raised the question that if the Crane jib has been damaged (part of it is laying in the road), how safe are the concrete counter-weights on the crane?

Scary stuff indeed.

 

[BWTAC]

I'm working on a building just over the way on South Lambeth Road the other side of Vauxhall station, thank fuck I'm not on site this week. My sister in law lives not far and says its chaos, Police everywhere.

 

[Churchill123]

Awful! Hope those injured recover quickly.. Someone makes an interesting point about how safe the crane now is due to half of it laying in the road...

 

[johnny on the spot]

It's a terrible accident, but five live just had a woman describe it 'Like a mini 9/11'. Where do they find these people?

 

[plongo]

New Report says body seen in Thames

 

[Plaything of the gods]

Not funny.

No but what would have been your first thoughts if you were on your way to work close by?

Can't see the pilot or the occupants of the cars standing much chance sadly.

Seeing it as a commuter if you're stuck in traffic and you see that plume of smoke, yes it will be the natural thing to think in these sad times. I don't think Horshamblue was referring to that though, although I may be wrong.

Irony actually.

Much more likely to die in a freak accident than be killed by any of those natives we're over in Afghanistan trying to kill, and their family, friends, neighbours and, well, just anyone who gets in the way of a drone's missile.

 

[malg]

It's a terrible accident, but five live just had a woman describe it 'Like a mini 9/11'. Where do they find these people?

Seriously? Whoever let that go out on air is a fucking tube.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Awful! Hope those injured recover quickly.. Someone makes an interesting point about how safe the crane now is due to half of it laying in the road...

Surely not designed for a Helicopter crashing into it ?

 

[Swales lives]

It's a terrible accident, but five live just had a woman describe it 'Like a mini 9/11'. Where do they find these people?

Sky now reporting this event as 0.9/1.1

 

[scotty123]

Sky now saying it wasnt on its way to Battersea heliport but going to Elstree, im not up on London routes but was it going the right way?