Originally Posted by tigerfish
The tragedy occurred not long after the machine was changed from having a solely Strathclyde responsibility to one covering the whole of Scotland.
It may just be a case of people noticing the new arrival in their skies, but there was certainly a fair bit of online comment around then about the frequency of flights over Edinburgh. The suggestion was that the local officers were being given the opportunity to practice working with the helicopter.
As mentioned above though, prior to the formation of Police Scotland this aircraft serviced the Strathclyde region and the locals in Edinburgh were not used to it's presence which, by nature, is often noisey and at night...