@Steveo67 Gordon Smart stated he was about 250 feet from the incident, which to me puts him at the Qpark multistorey on Dunlop Street, just to the west of the Clutha.
"It fell like a stone" Scottish Sun editor Gordon Smart main witness of Glasgow Police Helicopter crash | The Drum
His account does give the impression it came straight down, as opposed to an auto'ing glide, but that he did not see the impact.