London Ambulance confirm 1 POB - Pilot deceased. The other deceased was "in the vicinity of the aircraft".
Reported as a "Scheduled flight" from Redhill to Elstree, diverted. Reporters asked if it was trying to land at Battersea, but not confirmed at this time by Police.
Then cut to Jim Ferguson "aviation expert" who did not know whether these aircraft have a black box. He also thought that the river was the appropriate route, and thought it raised a question of whether we allow helicopters over London. He finished off by noting that the safety record for helicotpers into / out of London was very good.
Battersea owners later confirmed that a request to divert to them due to weather had been received. Helicopter was inbound at the time of crash
Last edited by John R81; 16th Jan 2013 at 10:50.