Helicopter Crash Glasgow

Let's hope there are zero/limited fatalities.

Can't believe I wake up this morning and see this on TV.

 

Bad news - sounds like 6 fatalities min.

 

Can't imagine sat/stood having a pint and listening a band........then a helicopter crashes through roof.

Sounds like a Die Hard film......not real life.

 

BBC confirm 3 fatalities......probably more to come.

Problem is with a pub, they will not know how many people were in there.

Credit to the Emergency Services, who have a tough job these coming hours and days.

 

These helicopters have known rotor problems
I always wonder why the SY police think it is a good idea to fly hover over a full footy stadium

 

I'm no expert mrx, on helicopters, but they do seem to be quite a dangerous mode of transport.

 

Not really
Just thst when an incident happens it attracts more attention

 

My friend used to be in the army and served all over the world. The guy is quite literally one of those people who appears to be scared of nothing at all. Except flying in helicopters, he claims it's the most terrifying experience he's ever had.

 

That pub is about 10 minutes away from me, never been in there though. Terrible scenes.

Helicopter flying was quite scary too, but it was my first time!

 

If you are in one in a war situation I could only lmagine you feel exposed
The safety record is good , has to be but when one comes down it becomes big news
I would guss that there has been more people killed on our roads this week in car accidents
Would you cycle around london for instance
All the above comments do not take away from the fact that any loss of life is sad - horrible pictures this morning
My heart goes out to all those with loved ones who may be caught up in it.

 

Problem is that when the engines fail on a plane you still have a good chance of getting down safely because the plane can glide for a long time. When the engines fail on a helicopter it falls out of the sky like a stone.

Fell alseep watching telly last night and woke up at 3am to the story on BBC News24. Terrible.

 

Truly shocking scenes.

I was planning on being out in town last night at a pub just round the corner from it but decided on having a quite one instead. The place itself is a bit of a Glasgow institution - it's a very basic and old fashioned style bar and one of the places you go to hear traditional/folk music and it's known for having impromptu jams where people turn up with instruments and just play. It's quite a tiny place so the folk inside would have been tightly packed so I'll be amazed if there isn't several fatalities.

 

Really hope MOST people are ok, would have been a miracle for all to survive. I went round the peaks years ago in a chopper, and been in a friends private chopper this summer twice, only 5 mins each time, went across the river humber the 2nd time, loved it and didn't find it one bit scary at all...and I'm a bit of a poof who doesn't like roller-coasters and only just manage big massive slides at water parks etc!!

 

When I did my CPL in South Africa back in 1971, a boer farmer in the classroom asked the instructor what was the gliding potential of a Boeing 707 in the event of total engine failure. The instructor replied, that it was the same as a glazed brick.

 

It is reckoned that a jumbo jet can glide 15km for every 1km it loses in height. It happened once to a BA flight in 1982 when it flew through a volcanic ash cload and all 4 engines failed. It landed safely at Jakarta. It's an amazing story.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-431802/The-story-BA-flight-009-words-passenger-dreads-.html

 

Both planes and helicopters can be safely landed after an engine failure. Planes glide quite well because the wings still generate quite a lot of lift due to the shape and the engines can also be restarted during flight. Large commercial jets also have emergency turbines that deploy to generate electrical power after an engine failure to make sure that emergency controls remain.
Helicopters can't 'glide' as such but they have their own version in that the rotor will turn as the helicopter falls and as the rotor turns it slows the decent and gives the pilot control. For an helicopter to simply drop out of the sky requires a more catastrophic failure than simply an engine cutting out.

 

Given the choice, I'd rather take my chances in a jumbo.

 

As would I. I'd rather take my chances falling out of the sky in a pair of roller skates than in a helicopter