Glasgow Incident

[rich64]

Nov 30, 2013 11:59:02 GMT joy said:

Nov 30, 2013 11:41:39 GMT rich64 said:

Terrible news from a city i know well.

My condolences to all that are connected to this tragedy...

I know it inside out rich64.....it's my home town.

What a legacy for St.Andrews Day.

Hello Joy
Aye the "whas better" rivalry between edinburgh and glasgow goes right out the window when something this tragic happens.

Im sure i speak for all decent people in edinburgh that our sympathies lie with the poor families left wondering how to pick back up from such a terrible accident.

[Deleted]

On the news they have just mentioned the 3 police men in the helicopter died ,also 5 others which were inside the pub, 30 people seriously injured in glasgow hospitals
My heart goes out to these peoples families RIP

[Raffles]

I can't imagine what the family and friends of those involved are going through. There always seems to be tragedies in the run up to Xmas most years around the world. This time it is so close to home. They, unfortunately, will never have a normal Xmas again. As others have said, my heart goes out to them all.

Also wanted to recognise the emergency services and the general public there who did everything they could, and must also be very distressed.

[Sal]

Such a tragedy, I can't stop thinking about the people involved. The eye witnesses on the news seem so, so traumatised. Very sad.

[farzooks]

I know that pub, used to drink there occasionally. Iirc, the flat roof of it was left behind when the tenement building above it was demolished (you see a few buildings in Glasgow like that). The roof was never designed (if designed isn't too strong a word) to take the downdraft of an emergency landing of a flaring-out chopper (and that's asssuming the pilot had any choice in the matter). I suspect engine failure, followed by a desperate attempt to keep the thing fluttering at all and get it down on the street. He was so close to managing that - what a bugger.
I see the usual journalistic bollocks were being spouted; like an attempt at landing on the pub roof - for god's sake, no sane pilot would ever attempt that, at night, in a crowded city environment, with all the invisible cables strung everywhere, never mind the likely casualty figures.
I doubt if any of the people in there were anyone I knew - it was thirty years ago. I certainly hope not, but my commiserations and sympathies go to the victims and their relatives. Such unexpected and unlikely events are a total shock, in every way.

Also, it raises a real question that's been bugging me for years - why on earth are polis choppers allowed to fly over inhabited areas (and especially cities) at night? Makes no sense to me, as it's well known in aviation that the helicopter is nothing more than a flying accident waiting to happen.

[lobeydosser]

Back in 1990 a police helicopter hit a block of old folks houses on the outskirts of Glasgow close to where we used to live.
On that occasion there was one fatality, one of the policemen in the cab.

We have seven different organisations that regularly fly over our house. So we are quite used to them.
Police Helicopters are also a necessary evil, but one of the major tools needed these days to fight crime.

I don't remember drinking in the Clutha although I have, long time ago, frequented many pubs in that area.

My heart goes out to not only the victims but their relations still waiting for news outside the hospitals of how they doing.