tb25 4,627 Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 crane operator required at vauxhall must be able to work on a rotor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tandors 888 Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 tin foil hat territory i admit but could king kong have been involved? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,145 Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 (edited) i havent a clue ..................i know above the sea even with search and rescue they shouldnt fly less than a 1oo feet above sea level................they still do it but its very risky..................im just using logic that the chopper should of been flying at a higher zone............so first question would be why was the chopper there at that level and secondly was he in control of it until the point of impact,.........there could be evidence of emergency procedures before impact, but i dont know what it would be in the city, if they were ditching in the sea theres different procedures ,...involving turning the engines off etc.................no doubt time will tell.......... From the conversation i had this morning the normal height should of been around 1000 feet ( or metres is it i dont know )for the normal route across London .......but due to the fog the pilot would of been redirected and told to go lower and be guided by visual landmarks as its too low for radar ...............then obviously because of how low and thick the fog was and how high the crane was he probably wouldnt of seen the warning light on top of the crane which by law it would have to have..........im only going on what my son in law said,he might be talking bollocks for all i know but he seems to know his shit.......he reckons the crunch will be whether the contractor had put a warning light up on top of the crane. Edited January 16, 2013 by gnasher16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TUFFTY 1,476 Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 Earlier on sky news they said that the police had told them to use more lights on that crane 3 months ago. TUFFTY Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Strong Stuff 2,171 Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/21045670 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rake aboot 4,936 Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 f****n helicopters ! I hate the fekin things This has been a bad one. The guy would be ordered to stay below a certain hight on his way to Battersea, but would have to decide to go up into the low cloudbase or risk low flying and being able to see. That crane was some hight as well, and doubtfull that it would be illuminated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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