Helicopter 'crashes into crane' in London

[Goldboy]

He should have, or he should have followed the river Tems like most helicopters do to avoid collisions, but the crane having a lack of lights could also be as fault.

Is there proof it wasn't lighted ?

[Mikal]

Is there proof it wasn't lighted ?

BBC News said 'There will be an investigation into wether the crane was lit well enough' - So we will find out, it's just what I assumed.
It did not appear to be lit well on the footage BBC News showed from their news helicopter.

[Goldboy]

BBC News said 'There will be an investigation into wether the crane was lit well enough' - So we will find out, it's just what I assumed.
It did not appear to be lit well on the footage BBC News showed from their news helicopter.

There are regulations on it so the company could be sued

[Mikal]

There are regulations on it so the company could be sued

I can see a crane from my house roof thats all the way in the docks about 2 miles away, so it could be the cranes fault if it wasn't lit well enough, however the pilot really shouldn't have been flying so close to the building thats under construction and he should have followed the tems, but I believe it's a whole line of incidents that lead to the crash itself, such as fog, badly lit crane, pilot flying too close to buildings or maybe even miss-information from GPS or ATC.

[[WS]Jacob]

I smell a Specsavers campaign coming on.

[Goldboy]

I can see a crane from my house roof thats all the way in the docks about 2 miles away, so it could be the cranes fault if it wasn't lit well enough, however the pilot really shouldn't have been flying so close to the building thats under construction and he should have followed the tems, but I believe it's a whole line of incidents that lead to the crash itself, such as fog, badly lit crane, pilot flying too close to buildings or maybe even miss-information from GPS or ATC.

I'm sure its not only the pilots fould

[Mikal]

I smell a Specsavers campaign coming on.

LOL.

Shoud've gone to Specsavers.

I'm sure its not only the pilots fould

I'de doubt that. :razz:

[Goldboy]

I smell a Specsavers campaign coming on.

Haha! 

[Matthew_Green]

This is exactly like flying in GTA: SA in dense fog/sandstorm conditions.....


/jokesoff

Still, this is horrible. I'm wondering if this could happen to me because I live less than a mile from my county's airstrip. Every 20 minutes, a Cessna or a helicopter flies over my house at low altitude due to airport approach or takeoff.

[Mikal]

This is exactly like flying in GTA: SA in dense fog/sandstorm conditions.....


/jokesoff

Still, this is horrible. I'm wondering if this could happen to me because I live less than a mile from my county's airstrip. Every 20 minutes, a Cessna or a helicopter flies over my house at low altitude due to airport approach or takeoff.

Being so close to the airport I doubt you have anything to worry about, most pilots making an emergancy landing always make the airstrip if they're close by.

[Goldboy]

Being so close to the airport I doubt you have anything to worry about, most pilots making an emergancy landing always make the airstrip if they're close by.

And what happend in London wasn't a emergency landing i gues

[Mikal]

And what happend in London wasn't a emergency landing i gues

No no, it was an emergency landing AFTER he hit the crane, it was going to be an emergency landing because of the fog, but he ended up crashing.

[Grizz]

Wierd, I dreamt about a helicopter crash last night..

[Mikal]

Wierd, I dreamt about a helicopter crash last night..

Was it's name Bob?

[Grizz]

Probably.