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Civil Aviation Authority rules force helicopters to fly along the river so that pilots can in an emergency ditch in the river. The tower crane is riverside and it is foggy in London today…
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Exactly. Did anyone consider the heliport when giving permission for a 50 storey building next door? And should helicopters be flying above densely populated London in such low visibility.
This is the problem of cramming too many people into a small area. Might be better to improve transport systems and moving more people to suburbs of London.
Fog = no fly
No woman = no cry
No lice no fly
The Americans can shove their 9/11
We got 16/1 now
Hardly tittle tattle
Might be wrong but I think those rules are enforced primarily for single engines (which also have to have a float kit fitted for the river).
London extremely restrictive for helicopters, but you need a Heliport somewhere and Battersea is it.
why do you need a heliport in congested London, with it excellent public transport. These noisy and dangerous machines should be banned from populous areas.
How else is Madonna to get to her giggs?
Very sad though it is , I am not sure why this is on the Guido website unless it has changed from “tittle tattle ,gossip and rumours about Westminster’s mother of Parliaments” to general news stories ?
Yeah, thanks for keeping us up to date with what’s on telly Gweeds.
Are you going to be doing live reporting of tonight’s Albion Market?
It’s awl Fatchers folt !she’s de one wot did it !
I want more munny for me members , coz vey av a dangerus job drivin trains frew vat area
proximity.
proximity to what ?
Well if you get any other local news in be sure to pass it on.
Especially temporary parking restrictions. Those of us out in the provinces are all about temporary parking restrictions in London.
it is a well used route. helicopters doing pleasure flights fly along the Thames from Redhill aerodrome throughout every day, just as one example.
Build a 50+ story building next to a heliport , then on a foggy day when the top is above the clouds a helicopter hits it !
very sad but What a surprise !
What is surprising is why the pilot did not know the 50 story building was there. Pilots are supposed to stay well clear of these buildings and the buildings and cranes should have warning lights on them. Also do these helicopters not have some kind of radar system for night flying?
Cloud
As I commented earlier, knew they had to fly along the river so building is in flightpath, also having lived by the Thames for thirty years I regularly watched them cut the curves.
Came over the railway bridge next to Battersea Power Station at 07:55 and there was no fog. Just been on to Millbank as a result of a fire alert and there is no fog.
The fog might be very localised but I don’t think that there is any – Should I go to Specsavers?
Maybe – but not by helicopter.
Latest news is that someone has been spotted in the river. Could it be pilot?
The crane is said to be 770ft and is 50m south of the river just where it bends from north-south to east-west. In fog/poor visibility a pilot who, for some reason, misses/confuses the precise curve of the river bend and strays from the prescribed track……….
You’d never get me in one of those helicopters !
It couldn’t take off if you were in it !
Wouldn’t it make more sense to put the heliport on top of the very tall building, rather than next to it ?
Incestuous London again.
Just because it happened in Londonistan makes it kick all else off the headlines. More Capital navel gazing.