01 December 2017
AAIB Report on Glasgow Police EC135 Clutha Helicopter Accident
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has published their report (which has since been subject to minor corrections) into the fatal accident involving a Airbus Helicopters (formerly Eurocopter) EC135T2+ G-SPAO. It crashed onto the Clutha Vaults Bar in Glasgow, Scotland on the night of Saturday 29 November 2013. The helicopter was operated under a UK CAA issued Police Air Operator’s Certificate by Bond Air Services for Police Scotland. In addition to the pilot and two police observers, seven people in the packed bar died.
