Helicopter down in Vauxhall

alexthecheese said:
Because it's pretty out of the blue, and it's piqued most people's interest. It's not hard to read other news, is it? The rest of the world is actually still going on, you know?
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It is indeed out of the blue, I guess these things wouldn't be as interesting if we knew they were going to happen, we could even stop them.

It is hard to read other news when you're watching the BBC news 24 channel.

I've not said the world isn't 'going on', it is, it's just the BBC aren't talking about it!

Hoooray! The hourly news round up! Annnnnd we have horse meat! :(.
 
Tummy said:
That's very true, I've just got the BBC news on because I really don't like Sky news :p.

Anyway. 2000 words to write for a deadline later tonight. I've got to go be productive.
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You should be able to find 2000 words from this thread. :p:D
 
Theophany said:
Apparently it was a commercial flight from Redhill to Elstree that was diverted. Second fatality was "in the proximity of the helicopter". :(
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Diverted - why ? Weather or mechanical mulfunction -Battersea Heliport is about 2 miles up the river ? Fire engines on site in 5 mins , I suspect the latter .
 
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Gutted for the dead & injured, You certainly don't expect that on your way to work in the morning. :(
 
My thoughts go out to the deceased and injured.

Thankfully I wasn't en-route to my regular remote working office because the crash site is just a few metres away. That's the time I would've turned up (in fact I was on a train leaving Victoria passing nearby as the news broke on Twitter).

I know it's not directly comparable to 7/7 but it's good fortune - these things can happen anytime to anyone.
 
Two office buildings, 5 cars & 2 motorbikes were damaged by debris from the helicopter crash. Casualties now stand at 13.

It is reported that the pilot who died in the crash this morning was Pete Barns.
 
I went past on the train through Vauxhall a couple of mins after the crash. I just assumed it was a bad fire, but I did see some people looking rather excited on the Platform as we were pulling out and one guy who got on the train there, whipped out his smartphone to film as we went by.
Nobody mentioned a helicopter at the time and it wasn't until I got to work that I realised what happened.
 
simulatorman said:
Two office buildings, 5 cars & 2 motorbikes were damaged by debris from the helicopter crash. Casualties now stand at 13.

It is reported that the pilot who died in the crash this morning was Pete Barns.
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Love it when people come in here banging on about wild speculation when somebody on page 2 of this thread was bang on about the helicopter's registration, owning company and the pilot.

GD. Srs bsns.
 
If it was Pete Barnes he certainly had plenty of experience:

After Finishing his Business Studies Degree, Pete’s worked as a ski instructor and ski guide in Europe, later going into the Advertising Business. Fortunately, the helicopter bug bit and he moved to America for three years, earning his US Commercial and Instructors Licence flying R22, Jet Rangers and Bell 222’s around Florida and the East Coast.

Pete moved back to the UK and over the last 18 years has had a diverse career, Instructing, flying the ‘Newcastle Traffic & Travel’ helicopter as the ‘Voice of Metro FM’, flying the Air Ambulance and flying in many movies, TV programmes and adverts as both camera ship and action vehicle. These include: James Bond ‘Die Another Day’, ‘Tomb Raider II’, Saving Private Ryan and various Fastnets, and Offshore Powerboat races.

He is one of the countries most experienced Agusta pilots and instructor and has personally ferried 50 new machines from the factory in Milan to customers.

He has flown as a freelance pilot for RotorMotion since 1997. We often get repeat business from clients, who request him for both his piloting skills and his relaxed charming manner.
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Not so sure on their homepage quote now:

• Safety is no accident.

Our helicopters have twin turbine engines and are certified to fly at night, over water and in cloud. Relax in the knowledge that both pilot and machine are fully instrument qualified to fly in poor weather conditions.
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Theophany said:
Love it when people come in here banging on about wild speculation when somebody on page 2 of this thread was bang on about the helicopter's registration, owning company and the pilot.

GD. Srs bsns.
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The trouble is that you have to wade through piles of crap to pick out the detail that turns out to be correct, not because it came from a reliable source, but because someone's hunch turned out to be a lucky guess.
 
Scuzi said:
The trouble is that you have to wade through piles of crap to pick out the detail that turns out to be correct, not because it came from a reliable source, but because someone's hunch turned out to be a lucky guess.
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It came from the Civil Aviation Authority's database of registered helicopters matching the description of the downed Agusta 109.

There's an element of guesswork to any investigation, to just say it was a lucky hunch when there clearly was a reasoned and solid thought process behind it seems somewhat unfair.
 
Theophany said:
It came from the Civil Aviation Authority's database of registered helicopters matching the description of the downed Agusta 109.

There's an element of guesswork to any investigation, to just say it was a lucky hunch when there clearly was a reasoned and solid thought process behind it seems somewhat unfair.
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There's a quite a few blue Agusta 109s. Also, doesn't account for a helicopter that isn't G-reg.

Admittedly when I posted here it was based on some guesswork from someone else, there was definitely some reasoning going on based on knowing what flights left certain aerodromes and when.
 
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