Police helicopter crashes onto Glasgow pub
Approach to Clyde heliport is over water. Crash site has a large park ( Glasgow green) a short distance east, a park to the south, Richmond park? And a big car park to the north. I'm also fixed wing but wonder if the rotors can be stopped by pulling up/ flare in autorotation? Can high angle of attack produce enough toque to stop the rotor?
Looking west from the crash site there are few landing opportunities except the Clyde. Rail Bridges with rail overhead electricity, a high motorway bridge and residential/ offices on both sides. If ,under normal descent on approach along the Clyde, perhaps to the west if the Clutha, there was an emergency then it is a reason for turning back to the east. If it znt hen became apparent that an autorotation ( with forward speed ) to either park wasn't an option the the next available site might reasonably be the big car park to the north of the eventual crash site and/or if short, the intersection- at which point all forward speed was used to try and extract height when the blades stopped. Doesn't explain why engines lost power but FADEC problem might explain.