POLICE HELI CRASH GLASGOW

hopperdavy

HI guys have ye seen CNN and all the news channels , police heli hits pub in Glasgow .

Anyone any info on type of aircraft .

Right in the centre of town too , Anyone interested in going over tomorrow to have a look and get some photos , Im gona check on flights now , getting the bus to Dublin shortly to head over .

hopperdavy

Confirmed on my way to Glasgow for the weekend , be there in the Morning

Aestivalis

Why does this board in particular always seem to attract the nutjobs?

edit: horrible incident. Hope injuries are kept to an absolute minimum.

angelfire9

Why would anyone deliberately travel to the scene of a crash?
In a different country??
There's rubbernecking
And then there's this :mad:
Given the pics I've seen the likelihood of fatalities is high (either in the heli or on the ground or most likely both)
It's like travelling to a funeral of someone you don't know to spot the talent

OP needs to grow up

**sending best wishes and thoughts & prayers to all involved in Scotland

Collie D

angelfire9 wrote: »

Why would anyone deliberately travel to the scene of a crash?
In a different country??
There's rubbernecking
And then there's this :mad:
Given the pics I've seen the likelihood of fatalities is high (either in the heli or on the ground or most likely both)
It's like travelling to a funeral of someone you don't know to spot the talent

OP needs to grow up

**sending best wishes and thoughts & prayers to all involved in Scotland

Don't think I have ever agreed more with a post on Boards.

Morbid at best. At worst I honestly don't know.

bumper234

hopperdavy wrote: »

HI guys have ye seen CNN and all the news channels , police heli hits pub in Glasgow .

Anyone any info on type of aircraft .

Right in the centre of town too , Anyone interested in going over tomorrow to have a look and get some photos , Im gona check on flights now , getting the bus to Dublin shortly to head over .

Seriously??? You are going to travel HUNDREDS of miles to look at the scene of a crash where people have died and many more are injured? That's not only a sick thing to do but wrong on so many levels. Thankfully the whole scene has been cordoned off and idiots looking for pictures or souvenirs wont get within a mile of the place.

hopperdavy

I am an AVIATION JOURNALIST I report on these scenes, Ive done it in the past and I will do it again .

As always Im the first to bring to attention these crashes , especially when it concerns Police or military aircraft .

Sometime you have to travel far, sometimes you dont, luck of the draw in this game .

hobochris

hopperdavy wrote: »

I am an AVIATION JOURNALIST I report on these scenes, Ive done it in the past and I will do it again .

As always Im the first to bring to attention these crashes , especially when it concerns Police or military aircraft .

Sometime you have to travel far, sometimes you dont, luck of the draw in this game .

It might have been better to mention that earlier. Otherwise you just come across as a weirdo taking pleasure in others suffering.

bumper234

hobochris wrote: »

It might have been better to mention that earlier. Otherwise you just come across as a weirdo taking pleasure in others suffering.

This^^^

Re-read your op and tell me you don't sound like a kid who has just been told he is going to see santa.

hopperdavy

Well I do have to admit that this is not just a job ,i enjoy it , so what if i bring bad news out ,
Its going to appear sometime . I have to remove myself from the emotional side of things , I dont care if I hurt people with my postings and sale of photos , get over it .

Relatives , friends etc of people involved in incidents are of no concern to me , I dont Know them and they dont know me .
Get over it .

Bosh

hopperdavy wrote: »

I am an AVIATION JOURNALIST I report on these scenes, Ive done it in the past and I will do it again .

As always Im the first to bring to attention these crashes , especially when it concerns Police or military aircraft .

Sometime you have to travel far, sometimes you dont, luck of the draw in this game .

Given the tone/content/direction of your previous previous postings I seriously doubt that.

You're either a pathetic troll or an equally pathetic Walt. Either way you need professional help.

Your incoherent ramblings were faintly amusing up until now.

Ignore.

dharma200

hopperdavy wrote: »

Well I do have to admit that this is not just a job ,i enjoy it , so what if i bring bad news out ,
Its going to appear sometime . I have to remove myself from the emotional side of things , I dont care if I hurt people with my postings and sale of photos , get over it .

Relatives , friends etc of people involved in incidents are of no concern to me , I dont Know them and they dont know me .
Get over it .

Aviation journalist... Erm, ok... Think that might be stretching the truth a bit, your some dude with a camera who takes pictures of crashes and sells the, freelance. And a callous one at that. Or a troll, either way... You sound like a complete knob jockey.

hopperdavy

Not worth a reply .

bumper234

Bosh wrote: »

Given the tone/content/direction of your previous previous postings I seriously doubt that.

You're either a pathetic troll or an equally pathetic Walt. Either way you need professional help.

Your incoherent ramblings were faintly amusing up until now.

Ignore.

Agree 100% it sounds like he is getting off on this.

CardinalJ

hopperdavy wrote: »

Relatives , friends etc of people involved in incidents are of no concern to me , I dont Know them and they dont know me .
Get over it .

You should hack their phones in that case…..

Did you work for the Aviation section of the NOTW?

smcgiff

hopperdavy wrote: »

I dont care if I hurt people with my postings and sale of photos , get over it .

And a happy Christmas to you too.

IBTL

bumper234

If this is your job and you really are an aviation journalist then you wont mind linking us to some of your professional work? Maybe link us to a couple of articles that you have written and show a few of these professional pictures you have taken?

Hootanany

hopperdavy wrote: »

Not worth a reply .

When do you fly out?

Bosh

Enough with the feeding.

Indo now say that at least six feared dead.

Terrible tragedy for all concerned.

hopperdavy

Im here using my iphone , I will gladly put up my work when Im back in Salthill ,looks like its going to be a bit of a wait it out job here , police have the entire area cordoned off .
They will have to move the bodies at some stage and then the wreckage that will give me the opportunities im waiting for .
Dave

hopperdavy

Someones Tragedy is also someone elses opportunity.!

Gordon

Bosh wrote: »

Enough with the feeding.

Indo now say that at least six feared dead.

Terrible tragedy for all concerned.

All info we seem to have is 3 feared dead which I would have thought would have been the pilot and two police passengers.

smcgiff

hopperdavy wrote: »

Someones Tragedy is also someone elses opportunity.!

Like when you get banned from here other users will benefit?

Gordon

He's just a troll, duplicate account of Davehopper, I have banned him now. Nothing to see here, etc, or feel free to gawk at his profile and take photos of it, or better still, tell everyone you will - but really you won't..

Carroller

So within 10 hours you made your way from salthill, got a flight to Glasgow and now waiting outside the pub? Believable :rolleyes:

bumper234

Gordon wrote: »

All info we seem to have is 3 feared dead which I would have thought would have been the pilot and two police passengers.

Sky news saying 6 dead and 32 injured, witnesses say it just plunged out of the sky, sounds like massive engine failure.

EDIT: I see Davy has been confirmed as a bit of a troll. In which case this post can be disregarded.

Gordon

Yeah, bbc says 3 dead (at least), hope bbc is correct as opposed to sky

Witnesses talk of a loud bang which one guy remarked as sounding like an engine blowout and then a pause and then the heli crashed into the pub. One guy said the crash came a minute after the engine blew out, which means that either it was quite high up, his timeframe is out, or it took a while for the engine to fail fully. A guy that saw it said that the rotors were practically still when it hit the pub, and the heli was in a slightly rotating, and odd angle, if I recall correctly.

goldie fish

This will be remembered as the day a troll jumped the shark, and tried to troll using the tragic deaths of others as a vault.

WHat a horrible excuse for a human.

Hooch

Thanks to Gordon for blowing him out of the water. Or air. Or whatever.

Ive closed this thread now. If anyone wishes to open a genuine thread for what seems like a huge tragedy, please do so with the due respect it deserves.

Hooch