17 September 2014
London helicopter crash report criticises construction regulations
A helicopter pilot died because the AgustaWestland AW109E he was flying hit a crane on a building under construction beside the river Thames in London while it was partially obscured by cloud, according to the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch.
The AAIB report also concludes the designated helicopter route above the river at that point had been rendered non-viable under certain circumstances by the construction of this building and another facing it across the river, but that none of the authorities appeared to have noticed this.
