Police helicopter crashes onto Glasgow pub
Cabby,
I tend to agree with you re engine out and pan call to Glasgow. The absence of any reported call only adds weight to suspicion that whatever occurred it was a very rapid deterioration. There were 2 other crew each with police radio access. This surely is a case of being pecked to bits by a flock of ducks, as opposed to being eaten by a crocodile!
Eurocopter are working with AAIB with various component manufacturers, as is normal. Any indication if a fleet wide problem would be reported as soon as can be verified.