Wednesday 16 January 2013

Helicopter crashed in London killed 2 and injured 7

Helicopter crashed in the early hours of the morning today in Central London Vauxhall killed 2 people and injured 7.
The helicopter hit the crane on top of The Tower, One St George Wharf beside the Thames at about 08:00 GMT
 Cars and two buildings caught fire after the burning wreckage fell into Wandsworth Road in South Lambeth. Eighty firefighters tackled the blaze.
The pilot, Capt Pete Barnes from charter firm Rotormotion, was killed, along with a person on the ground.

The pilot, pictured above Pete Barnes had worked as a pilot on action films including Die Another Day. this shows that he's a very good pilot.
The 50 years old pilot and who lived near Reading, Berkshire, had asked to be diverted to a nearby heliport because of bad weather.

The London Fire Brigade said part of the tail section of the helicopter landed on roof of the building and the main section landed in Wandsworth Road, hitting two cars.
The chief executive of Redhill Aerodrome Ventures, on Horne, said that the helicopter had left Redhill in Surrey at 07:35 on a scheduled flight to Elstree in Hertfordshire.



1 comment:

Unknown said...

May his soul rest in perfect peace