Police helicopter crashes into Glasgow pub

Unbelievable..120 people watching a band in The Clutha pub in Glasgow last night, 10:25pm, and a police helicopter crashes through the roof;
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-25165894

 
A tragedy.
 
Looking at the scene, it's incredible that there's only one confirmed fatality as yet, even though that number is expected to rise.

 
Did anyone see the BBC reporter interviewing the son of the confirmed fatality?
 
It's obvious to anyone that the poor guy is still in shock, yet they thought it appropriate to film him talking about the events of last night, and how he'd already identified his father while he was still inside the pub.
 
Bad form that BBC, and totally insensitive.
 
 

That is horrible! Man...my feelings go out to all those involved.
 
 
 
Steve...I've been in that spot with the media- they have one goal at any cost. How people may feel about anything is not one of their concerns. I can assure Steve, those actions aren't limited to the BBC reporters.

 
The poor guy was obviously in shock mate, just sort of going through the motions. He looked to me like he was (understandably) completely sort of 'somewhere else', numb almost.
 
He said he'd seen his father in the wreckage, and it seemed to me that he must have been in the pub, or close by, when it actually happened. He even said he "already knew" his dad might not have survived because the main impact was directly over his favourite 'spot' in the pub.
 
But it sounds like he must have been ushered out before too long because he had to ring up the emergency hotline in an attempt to find out for certain if his father had died. They told him they didn't know but he could expect a call back tomorrow. It was at this point he had to tell the operator that he'd already seen his dad in the wreckage. I know they must get a lot of worried people ringing up but I got the feeling that this poor guy should have been under the care of someone at the scene, not having to ring up a bloody emergency line.
 
And it seems like the BBC have been shadowing him all night and all morning with a view to being there when the bad news is confirmed. Awful.

SteveStrummerUK
 
The poor guy was obviously in shock mate, just sort of going through the motions. He looked to me like he was (understandably) completely sort of 'somewhere else', numb almost.
 
He said he'd seen his father in the wreckage, and it seemed to me that he must have been in the pub, or close by, when it actually happened. He even said he "already knew" his dad might not have survived because the main impact was directly over his favourite 'spot' in the pub.
 
But it sounds like he must have been ushered out before too long because he had to ring up the emergency hotline in an attempt to find out for certain if his father had died. They told him they didn't know but he could expect a call back tomorrow. It was at this point he had to tell the operator that he'd already seen his dad in the wreckage. I know they must get a lot of worried people ringing up but I got the feeling that this poor guy should have been under the care of someone at the scene, not having to ring up a bloody emergency line.
 
And it seems like the BBC have been shadowing him all night and all morning with a view to being there when the bad news is confirmed. Awful.

That's horrendous.

I'm guessing that the helicopter simply lost power and that the pub just happened to in between them and the ground.

jamesg1213
I was just talking to my friend in the police force who said that the rotors on those choppers are designed to keep working by inertia even if the engine cuts out...

Yes, that's called the autogyro effect.  If that didn't happen, then probably something broke in transmission area and didn't allow the rotors to spin.  You are very screwed at that point!