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Scottish copter crash: No distress call beforehand


The wreckage of a police helicopter is lifted from the collapsed roof of Clutha pub in Glasgow on Tuesday, December 2.

Eight people have been killed and 14 seriously injured since a police aircraft crashed into a downtown pub. The wreckage of a police helicopter is lifted from the collapsed roof of Clutha pub in Glasgow on Tuesday, December 2. Eight people have been killed and 14 seriously injured since a police aircraft crashed into a downtown pub.

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About 150 people were listening to a band in the Clutha Bar when the crash occurred

(CNN) -- The police helicopter that crashed into a bustling Glasgow pub over the weekend did not issue a distress call before it came down, British air accident investigators said Monday as rescuers called off the search for more victims.

The helicopter did not have a flight data recorder, said David Miller, deputy chief inspector of the Air Accident Investigation Branch.

"However, it does have a significant number of modern electronic systems on board and it may be possible to recover recorded data from those systems," he said in a news conference.
"There were no emergency transmissions from the pilot before this accident."
The wreckage of the helicopter was lifted off the The Clutha Bar Monday. Authorities in Scotland found nine victims at the site.

Deputy Chief Constable Rose Fitzpatrick said Monday night that police are satisfied that there are no further fatalities at the scene.

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The Clutha was packed with about 150 people listening to a band Friday night when the crash occurred. Eleven of the 32 people hurt remained in hospitals across Glasgow on Sunday, and the body of another victim was found late Sunday morning, police said. The remains of the latest victim had not yet been identified.

After Monday's operation, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service tweeted: "Helicopter has now been safely removed which will allow our specialist urban search and rescue crews to continue search of building."
An ambulance, escorted by police, later left the scene. Firefighters, ambulance staff and police officers formed a guard of honor as the vehicles passed by.

Fatalities in helicopter, pub
Far more people could have been endangered if the helicopter had crashed and exploded just a short walk away in Glasgow's central shopping district, said Gordon Smart, editor of the Scottish Sun newspaper.

From a nearby parking deck, Smart watched the helicopter tumble into the bar.
He waited for an explosion and fireball, but there was an "eerie silence" instead, he said.
A blast might have killed hundreds in the busy area, Smart said.
"It's a miracle that more people didn't die," he said.