Aircraft and helicopter near collide above Liverpool city centre - Liverpool Echo
A police helicopter and a plane were within seconds of colliding above Liverpool’s iconic waterfront.
The light aircraft and the helicopter came within just 100ft of each other above Albert Dock, a near-miss report today revealed.
Investigators said the risk of collision was “extremely high” – with the twin-engined Piper plane passing “right in front” of the helicopter.
The incident, in the early evening of November 10, 2013, took place just days before a police helicopter crashed into a pub in Glasgow, killing 10.
The ECHO understands the aircraft were on a collision course with each other directly above Merseyside Police’s headquarters, Chavasse Park and the Albert Dock complex.