Helicopter crash

No mechanical fault in helicopter crash

Investigators have found no evidence of mechanical fault in the police helicopter which crashed into a busy pub in Glasgow on Friday 29 November.

A preliminary report from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch has found no evidence of engine or gearbox failure and had over 90 litres of fuel in its tank at the time of the crash.

Despite this investigators have also established...

Helicopter wreckage removed from Glasgow pub

The wreckage of a helicopter which crashed into a busy pub in Glasgow has been removed by rescue services.

At least nine people are thought to have been killed when the helicopter crashed onto The Clutha around 10:30 on Friday night.

Police have said that they cannot rule out the possibility of more bodies being found as they continue to clear the scene. A ninth body was...

Eight confirmed dead after police helicopter crashes into pub

Four of the eight people who died when a police helicopter crashed into a Glasgow pub on Friday have been named.

Police confirmed the three helicopter crew were among the dead, they were pilot David Traill, 51, and Police Constables Kirsty Nelis, 36, and 43-year-old Tony Collins. Gary Arthur, 48, from the Paisley area, has been named as among five people who died in The Clutha bar....

New image of city's longest standing missing person

Devon & Cornwall Police have located and released an image of a missing woman who vanished more than three decades ago.

On December 28 1979 June Ellena Brockway, then aged 43, discharged herself from hospital. Now, 33 years later, the case represents the city's longest standing missing person enquiry.

The investigating officer has received calls and information from the...