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Old 4th Dec 2013, 22:36
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Scoobydroo#552 writes: [The editor of the Scottish Sun] is clear that the helicopter was eerily quiet ... he got to the site (250m) ... emergency services were arriving ... He ran round the corner into Argyll Street ... He spoke to a policeman in Argyll Street who was totally unaware of the helicopter coming down ...

A man trained to notice things says "eerily quiet" and a policeman around the corner heard nothing out of the ordinary. How little noise can a turbine make?

As I have said before, the editor was on his phone. He is a reporter. Would he not have recorded the descent?
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