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Flaming hot metal rained down as people ran for their lives, screaming: How ten seconds of terror descended on Londonos.tvboxnow.com% W) f( D- A! Q" ^) P, i: e
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It looked like a scene from a disaster movie.
* }) F: X9 ]; Z% i1 P7 Y+ {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDebris crashing down to the ground. A helicopter cart-wheeling out of control. Streets and cars set on fire by burning fuel.
( j: y  ~9 m3 T& k  U# h6 c/ d! nos.tvboxnow.comOne moment a stream of rush-hour traffic was crawling to work in the fog.
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* A; x# ^' r( X' z2 eThe next, people ran for their lives, screaming in fear, desperately trying to find shelter from what one woman described as 'a meteor shower' of flaming metal raining down.公仔箱論壇0 @: Y# ~7 K) T1 e7 }0 ~
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To a horrifying soundtrack of falling masonry and deafening explosions, it was the moment ten seconds of terror descended on London.os.tvboxnow.com1 M; H" t4 X+ M, Q0 K
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In one of the busiest areas of the capital, the helicopter sliced through the top of a crane 'like a piece of paper' and disintegrated in the street., y3 `1 o: @4 k# Z* f+ k# S
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Yet, incredibly, witness accounts spoke not of scores dead or injured but of the 'miracle' which allowed so many to walk away unscathed.
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0 r/ V7 X3 |# N; g+ i, ATVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Even the crane operators escaped certain death – they were both late for work for the first time anyone could remember yesterday.
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& s  s# I7 u2 ROthers told how they had been only seconds away from the path of a fireball or lethal flying debris.
. f) K4 B, o5 Y4 L# P6 w- S5 A. W公仔箱論壇And when dense fog finally lifted to reveal the devastation beneath, it wasn't hard to see what they meant.
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$ s; K( s5 Q; t( aMichael Krumstets was walking to work with his flatmate when he saw the helicopter and heard 'a loud crack'. It had hit the top of a crane above the 50-storey tower being built beside the river at St George Wharf, snapping the jib and sending it crashing down.- y# u/ Z; D! a1 U) a1 h
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) `$ ?2 G9 U7 J' btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbCarnage: Debris and ash litter the scorched road as the emergency services begin the clean up
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'Big blast of heat': The burnt out and buckled remains of a car reveal the extent of the inferno the crash caused
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; }% ?! P4 c+ Z! T: STVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。'We were just so lucky,' he said. 'If we'd been walking down that road a couple of seconds earlier we'd be dead.' Still shaking with shock, he and his flatmate ran to help people and gave one water. All around people fled cars or buildings. Two motorcyclists left their bikes and ran. TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。! c3 P+ j  v0 A; s
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One man got a hammer from his car and sprinted to a burning vehicle to smash its windows in case anyone was trapped, but was beaten back by flames.os.tvboxnow.com0 s% b& h7 ~) j6 o8 x/ J
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William Belsey, working nearby, said there was a 'huge panic'. 'Everyone was shouting, "Get out! Get out!" For a minute I thought I was going to get crushed by some falling debris. It was complete chaos.' TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。" O( h' X: S$ R" S+ M; Z
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Major emergency: The scene of a helicopter crash on Wandsworth Road in Vauxhall, central London, after the fire had been extinguished8 C5 L* V8 W8 _; w9 D, g& _- B
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Some had been in bed when tragedy struck; at least one took to the freezing streets in a dressing gown. Others leant from windows, while rivers of burning fuel stretched more than 30 yards along the road.
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One woman told me she looked out of her flat window to see the mirror-glass windows of a neighbouring block 'glowing orange' from flames spreading along the street.公仔箱論壇' T9 \8 O8 ^0 ?. a* v  ]

- C: A6 {% y8 d- u2 h4 T1 N5 aos.tvboxnow.comShe said: 'I heard the bang, then this terrible screeching noise, followed by a big explosion and a smaller one. Then, silence. The whole thing must have lasted just ten seconds. When I looked out I could hardly see anything through the fog except this horrible orange glow. I thought it had to be a bomb or a terrorist attack. Then someone came and told us to get out.'
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The woman, who asked not to be named, said helicopters often used nearby Battersea helipad, adding: 'They always follow the river. This one must have flown over the buildings and straight into the crane. It was like a mini 9/11.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* A) m  v7 M1 g* ^7 \) _
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To look at images of burned-out cars it is hard to believe anyone got out alive. Astonishingly, some did. Stonemason Lee McPherson told how a couple scrambled through the passenger door of their VW Golf when it was struck by flying debris as they drove on Wandsworth Road. Seconds later the car burst into flames as the helicopter smashed beside it.公仔箱論壇) P$ Q* Q& Z1 \1 i8 O  U. r3 r
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Mr McPherson said: 'It's incredible they escaped with their lives.'
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, z  {. d$ |, Q# kThe crash happened near busy Vauxhall train station, which sees hundreds of commuters pass over its tracks every day
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, g% U. N$ X% ]+ F# e3 P: Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbCarnage: Debris lies on the ground after a helicopter crashed into a construction crane on top The Tower St George Wharf in central London
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& g& t% C8 Q" L. U9 Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMangled wreckage: The scene after a helicopter crashed into a construction crane on top of the St George Wharf tower building in Vauxhall, central London
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; I# R- Z& C& Z  Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe area, home to some of London's busiest stations, was heaving with rush-hour travellers yesterday morning. You had only to watch thousands of commuters walking with hundreds of residents as they were evacuated over Vauxhall Bridge to realise how high the toll might have been.
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Others were on the school run. Sharon Moore, 36, was walking eight-year-old daughter Tiah to school from their home alongside Wandsworth Road, where the helicopter crashed. At first the mother of five thought she had stumbled on to a film set.
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) i0 |' p( z$ ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvb'They do a lot of filming in this area. That what I thought I was watching,' she said. 'Initially the helicopter was flying fine. Then all of a sudden it started shaking and rocking from side to side and making a strange sound. It veered to the left and then smashed into the main boom of the crane.
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Firefighters pick through twisted metal at the scene of the crash in Vauxhall
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8 l; d: r2 Y& wThe area, home to some of London's busiest stations, was heaving with rush-hour travellers yesterday morning
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" u+ F$ k% Y$ J; ?4 \* itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSmash: A pall of smoke was visible near the River Thames in Vauxhall, London, amid reports that a helicopter has crashed公仔箱論壇6 t7 H9 Q7 ~! i! e% t; |* ]3 ^7 @
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Scene: It's believed the helicopter, which hit the under-construction The Tower St George Wharf was carrying a pilot but no passengers- b- E8 r% W- k
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! S& w- h% ]5 r0 O3 N) ~Response: London Fire Brigade said it had received numerous calls about the incident and firefighters were en route to the scene
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$ L' C0 O# H/ {; Z+ C; {! V'There was just a blast of heat and the blast nearly knocked us off our feet. My little girl is traumatised.'
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Dustcart driver Paul Robinson, 42, from Dagenham, east London, escaped unhurt despite being directly beneath the crane, where he was waiting to pick up waste.5 `+ w$ x2 k2 @2 {
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'I heard a massive thump on my lorry and thought someone had hit me from behind,' he said. 'Then all this metalwork started raining down. I thought, "This is it – I'm dead".
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Road on fire: Emergency services were called to the scene near Battersea Bridge at Vauxhall, central London, after reports at 8am that the aircraft had hit a crane公仔箱論壇5 U  q, [, i  J( L* s# n
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# ^3 m0 B" X. R4 J$ oFlames: This is a grab from footage of a car on fire at the scene on Wandsworth Road following the helicopter crash in Vauxhall, central London1 d, J' m! B( `7 `, T
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Scorched: London Fire Brigade handout photo of the scene in Vauxhall, central London, after a helicopter crashed into a crane
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. V# |; [8 ~3 O5 {0 Y9 u'I leapt from the wagon and started running across the roadway. There was a group of us running and dodging oncoming traffic. When I looked back there was a piece of the crane about 30ft long, lying by my truck. I'll never come closer to death.' The blaze sent choking black smoke spiralling into the air. Firemen reported seeing it a mile away.
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! \3 i! z) w# ^8 mTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Station Officer Bruce Grain, one of the first firemen to arrive, said the scene was one of 'absolute chaos'. 'The helicopter was still alight and part of the rotor blade was on the roof of nearby buildings,' he said.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。# {- C  d; c, r- u+ b' \( J# y
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As he spoke, the fog and low cloud that had obscured the top of the crane for much of the morning lifted. Then, just as quickly, it came back. Once again, the top of the tower was rendered almost invisible.os.tvboxnow.com# ~3 Q1 a6 t1 {
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& _& [8 \. @# M0 X9 P& U: QTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Firemen and the ambulance services at the wreckage of the helicopter crash
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Wreckage: The scene in Vauxhall, central London after two people died in the crash) I. y1 ^2 j; {( B4 ~- o

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墜眦的直升機冒出大量濃煙，倫敦消防處接獲大量民眾舉報。（網上圖片）
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民眾在直升機墜眦現場拍攝的照片，顯示道路上一片火海，零件散滿一地。（法新社）
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【綜合報道】倫敦昨早發生罕見墜機意外，一架民航直升機在大霧能見度低下，於早上8時的繁忙時間，在距離白金漢宮不遠之處，撞上興建中豪宅地盤的天秤爆炸，直升機墜落市中心路面，地面兩架汽車和旁邊建築物遭波及起火，機上唯一的機師喪生，地面則有1死13傷。目擊者形容場面就如戰爭片，由於英國情報機關MI6就在附近，還一度以為占士邦片襲擊MI6的劇情成真。倫敦警方表示，意外與恐怖主義無關。TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。, ^: ^! s. K/ I4 s/ G

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, N4 Z5 B' \7 ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb肇事直升機為Castle Air航空旗下1997年製AW109型號雙引擎8座位直升機，昨晨7時35分由薩里(Surrey)紅山機場起飛，原定在赫特福德機場降落，惟機師以天氣欠佳大霧為由，向希斯路交通控制中心要求改道獲接納，轉飛倫敦Battersea直升機場，未料不久後便撞上肇事豪宅地盤The Tower的天秤爆炸，在距離沃克斯霍爾(Vauxhall)鐵路站約18米外直插地面墜眦。消息指，出事直升機的飛行航道，較正常偏南。
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當局表示機上只有機師一人，地面至少兩車被爆炸碎片擊中起火，其中一架汽車的司機及時逃出，消防員亦從一輛汽車中救出一名傷者。事發後直升機殘骸散滿一地，飛機燃油流出，冒起大火濃煙。當局出動近百消防員到場救援。被撞的天秤搖搖欲墜，惟經檢查後認為沒有即時倒塌危機。: I/ C1 j1 B% c$ e; T' e9 J8 B2 C9 y

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% \7 P5 h/ T, e# d5 L( ^公仔箱論壇目擊者馬克說﹕「我聽到一聲巨響，我向上望時見到螺旋槳及直升機的部件飛脫掉落。」另一目擊者伊斯林米則道：「我見到直升機與天秤吊臂相撞，直升機約6秒後墜落。我相信它在撞上天秤前已失去控制。」現場為交通樞紐，距離軍情六處(MI6)僅數百米。附近一名居民直言，聽到爆炸巨響後，「腦中即時想到的，就是占士邦電影《智破天凶城》MI6爆炸的畫面，還以為是恐襲」。
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6 ~% w1 ^9 n3 l8 g0 {當局即時疏散現場的巿民，又封鎖附近的沃克斯霍爾鐵路站及滑鐵盧鐵路站一帶。由於事發時正值上班時間，交通一度混亂。英國傳媒稱，50歲喪生機師巴恩斯( Pete Barnes)有25年飛行經驗，累積飛行逾萬小時，是極富經驗的Agusta直升機機師及導師，曾在電影《新鐵金剛之不日殺機》、《盜墓者羅拉II》、《雷霆救兵》中，充當直升機駕駛員。
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. b% Y9 a: L4 p) n: Z! Q肇事大嵆The Tower為興建中的豪宅樓盤，已接近完工。事發時倫敦中部雲層非常低，據氣象專家稱，事發時現場一帶的能見度約為30米，肇事大廈頂端可能被雲層遮蓋。近年不少直升機(包括接載遊客在倫敦上空觀光的直升機)，都會沿泰晤士河飛行，有專家質疑，為何在多雲大霧天氣下，直升機仍獲准在倫敦市中心飛行。英國首相卡梅倫昨就墜機意外致哀，同時表示將檢討直升機在倫敦市中心飛行的條例。- W- D1 Z) b+ T9 U3 a- }# n$ T

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, b: k7 d9 Q3 @) \& sos.tvboxnow.com救援人員在直升機墜眦現場準備擔架脇等救援物資候命。（法新社）
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今次出事大樓The Tower位於沃克斯霍爾區(Vauxhall)，屬工商業及住宅混合區。當地除了是英國情報機關MI6總部所在，亦將是美國大使館新址。據The Tower網站介紹，該圓柱形的大樓共有52層，樓高185米，落成後將成英國最高住宅，內有212戶豪華單位，可360度觀賞倫敦市內景色，售價達5000萬鎊。其發展商稱，它將是歐洲最高住宅大廈之一。
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全英最高豪宅大樓被撞
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0 k" p$ p! X% M公仔箱論壇不過沃克斯霍爾區國會議員霍伊(Kate Hoey)指出，倫敦市現在高樓林立，新大樓不斷興建，政府必須正視數量不斷增加、經常在市中心飛行的直升機問題。* }9 L- y+ _" ^: T6 ^( d
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她形容，泰晤士河現已儼如成了直升機的高速公路，很多直升機同時飛行時，噪音震耳欲聾，很多人都習以為常，但在這次事件後，各界有必要正視直升機的安全問題，加強監管到底誰可在倫敦市區飛行。7 @6 v. S6 `5 S  }8 Q

0 B& |, {: g7 q/ Jos.tvboxnow.com居於事發現場附近的一名38歲居民說，由於附近有直升機場，當地不時都見到有直升機飛近建築物。「就在上周，太太才說有一架直升機飛得甚低，很貼近樓宇。」據英國民航局數字，2012年共有16,374架次直升機在倫敦飛行。基於安全考慮，單引擎直升機只能飛某些航線，雙引擎機則可在較大範圍活動，但全需獲得空中交通控制中心准許。(CNN/路透社)公仔箱論壇* K) E( J; r  h; Z: h( @( M

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市區建築物多雷達難測
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英國航空安全專家耶茲(Chris Yates)稱，根據倫敦的安全規例，大廈必須在頂層裝設導航燈，好讓低飛航機留意，而直升機更嚴禁在高樓500呎(約152.4米)範圍內空中飛行，故直升機究竟為何會撞上大樓失事，仍有待調查。
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0 L7 s2 n% r  ~4 p4 w+ qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb對於今次倫敦直升機墜眦疑與事發時能見度低有關，香港飛行服務隊李先生向本報指，「難以判斷肇事直升機事發時是以儀表還是目測飛行，但由於市區太多建築物干擾，雷達不能在能見度低的情下，測出前方的障礙物」。TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。) A) g4 A8 P  t
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他表示，在國際飛行組織(FAI)建議下，全球各地皆訂立不同的低飛高度限制，如果航道範圍內有高樓大嵆，民航處會向機組人員發出指示。
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  G; K2 y8 Z0 ?9 L) b/ x香港民航處回覆本報稱，基於航空安全，以及對地面建築及人身安全的考慮，本港法例對不同飛機的飛行高度有不同限制。" m1 Z6 ?+ p0 O3 h# Y
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根據香港法例第448C章第14表第5段，直升機飛越鬧市時，直升機的最低飛行高度，必須較方圓2000呎(610米)範圍內的地面最高固定物體，高出1500呎(457.5米)或以上。明報記者 吳克穎
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The luckiest men in Britain: The crane drivers who SHOULD have been in their cab at the top of London skyscraper when helicopter crashed into it in fog, but both overslept...

• Richard Moule and Nicki Biagioni were both late for work - and missed death by minutes
• The crash which happened in fog at 8am yesterday, claimed two lives
• Police and Mayor of London Boris Johnson say fatal accident could have been 'much worse'

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Two workmen last night thanked ‘divine intervention’ for their astonishing escape from death as a helicopter crashed into their crane and turned into a fireball.
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The pair should have been in the cabin when disaster struck, sending burning debris cascading 700ft on to the rush-hour streets of London below.
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Instead, Richard Moule and his colleague Nicki Biagioni were late for work – both had overslept for the first time in years – and missed death by minutes. TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。& S+ `/ E' O# d( }' U* i
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The crash, which happened at 8am yesterday in fog, claimed two lives, including that of the helicopter pilot, and left 12 injured. But police said it was ‘a miracle’ that the toll was not higher after the helicopter sliced through the crane ‘as if it was a piece of paper’, scattering wreckage over the streets of Vauxhall, South London. os.tvboxnow.com- c8 |% K- b3 w
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Richard Moule (left) with his wife Stephanie, and Nicki Biagioni (right), pictured with wife Leanna, should have been in the crane cab in Vauxhall when the helicopter hit os.tvboxnow.com6 J- i" S6 |9 r2 L5 A4 p+ t

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What remains: A view today of the broken crane after the helicopter accident in Vauxhall, central London, that saw two people die and a dozen more injured yesterday
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  _( c8 }  ^* ]" dos.tvboxnow.com Father-of-two Mr Moule, 31, told the Daily Mail: ‘My colleague and I were both supposed to be there at 7am but we were both late.
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2 M/ r' \8 J0 J0 n" M公仔箱論壇 ‘I went in on my motorcycle and got there about 7.45am. I was in the basement ready to go up when it happened. ! W! \, H* u2 p2 i: l* p
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‘I didn’t hear an explosion. The first I knew was when an alarm went off and people were being evacuated.
" v+ W. T* c9 {9 F; V ‘The first thing I did was call my wife Stephanie and tell her, “You’ll be hearing about this but I’m OK”. She gave me a big hug when I got back home.’  tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, t. x/ ~3 f6 P, U4 E4 r( s' I
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Mr Biagioni’s wife Leanna said that her husband, a father of three, had also overslept.  os.tvboxnow.com+ F" O( n( X& h1 c6 h
She said: ‘He overslept this morning, something he never does and was late for work. He was not up the crane when it hit. 公仔箱論壇" E# i& Y1 n# E  y8 J" r6 L
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; z- Y1 O8 s1 f) i8 TChaotic commute: Thick smoke rises from the burning debris which fell in the middle of a road. Emergency services personnel can be seen flocking to the crash site
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' E5 T0 _) d# E/ V* C" C; kStreet of flames: An inferno rages near the crash site and encroaches on a car, after a river of aviation fuel from the downed helicopter caught lightTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。0 B9 F# ?9 u& `& m

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Mangled wreckage: The crane next to Britain's tallest residential skyscraper, the Tower at One St George Wharf, was struck as the pilot 'struggled to see through the fog'
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‘I thank his guardian angel.’ Mr Biagioni, 30, who is the principal crane operator, was over an hour latefor work. Friends said he was normally woken by his three children – sons Rocco, six, four-year-old Dino, and Luca, two – but yesterday they had slept in.
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, I, p" y) i; Eos.tvboxnow.com Mr Biagioni was only late for his shift because his children were not as noisy as usual in the morning. He said: ‘I was very lucky - it's unbelievable. I am still in shock. If it was not for my boys not waking me up, that would have been it. os.tvboxnow.com; r& U% G1 |# u; _

) E$ S: t3 O( K" \+ _* A'I was very lucky - it's unbelievable. I am still in shock. If it was not for my boys not waking me up, that would have been it' 公仔箱論壇$ \: B$ m5 d+ y! h
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: ?- }. ?8 P, ?+ W7 d$ @# ~os.tvboxnow.com ‘Normally I would have been up there in the crane but I was running late. Normally I would be have been up there, but instead I just pulled into the site as it all happened.  os.tvboxnow.com2 t; z* c% o$ o* k  j/ p2 R1 S

. x5 `! Q0 _% Z, t# \TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 He told BBC Essex: ‘Helicopters fly past lower than the crane all the time. You rely on the fact that it is a very safe route for the helicopters and they are meant to stick over the river.  The thought of it had been at the back of my mind but it has never been something that I thought would happen.’
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Witnessesdescribed hearing a loud bang and seeing a flash of light as the helicopter collided with the high-rise crane on top of Britain’s tallestresidential skyscraper, the St George Tower. os.tvboxnow.com9 f% v0 Z* |! `1 ~; T! x

4 ]9 a4 S! {" j% G5 c4 ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb PeteBarnes, who has piloted helicopters for movies such as the James Bond film Die Another Day, was alone in the aircraft amid thick cloud when itclipped the structure. os.tvboxnow.com: z- Q4 n1 Q, j( Y8 ^' i

/ X7 I" ]: L( z0 N9 C6 l Mr Barnes's brother said it would have been the pilot's 'instinct' to take any steps necessary to minimalise casualties.1 q6 h! Q6 }) {& L. B. {" A
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'It's a matter of instinct, it's whatpilots do,' said Chris Barnes, 55. 'Our condolences go out to the family of the other man who was killed, that's the last thing that my brother would have wanted to happen.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 K/ U0 U/ w0 d/ ^+ _5 V

/ B+ v) [( q" c# W! F* p9 ^% _0 w0 L Paying tribute to his brother, he added: 'He was outgoing, very personable. A good-looking guy with an irrepressible smile. When he walked into a room you knew he was there, he lit up a room. He was a good guy.'
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# E- ]& U" |) _6 c( LRepair: Workmen scaled the crane today in an attempt to secure the site and allow local residents to return home公仔箱論壇; G! O& C$ s3 `4 u- ]0 h
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The aftermath: A crumpled piece of metal lays on the floor. Witnesses described hearing a loud bang and seeing a flash of light as the helicopter collided with the high-rise crane
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The destruction happened near one of London's busiest transport hubs. Several key roads were closed off, causing commuter chaos, as the emergency services battled fires* _& ~4 L% v4 ?& i
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The pilot lived with his partner Rebecca Dixon and their two children, eight-year-old Freddie and Alexandra, 12.! m8 R9 V# w/ @) O& y8 n
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She told the Evening Standard: 'Obviously he would have been frantic and the lives of others would have been at the forefront of his mind.
$ V8 o8 Q$ u& V3 ?'It sums up the man. I find it very comforting and so do the children.'
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, R$ B! A3 i8 M+ N: W6 z! P/ A公仔箱論壇 The AgustaWestland 109 Power hurtled to the ground and exploded into flames yards from Vauxhall Station, claiming the lives of Mr Barnes and another person on the ground, who was named last night as 39-year-old Matthew Wood from Sutton, South London. 1 c& ]- h# c+ L( o. ~6 z
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London Mayor Boris Johnson said there could easily have been many more fatalities, given the close proximity of the crash scene to one of the capital’s busiest transport hubs, Vauxhall Station, a major supermarket and the headquarters of MI6.  
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‘It could have been much worse,’ he said.
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2 w; ]( x- v) v' |- nos.tvboxnow.comTidying up: A specialist police team works today in the aftermath of the helicopter crash in central London
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6 c; B5 y8 F8 u  ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe streets were flooded with emergency services trying to help the injured and put out the flames, as police officers were in disbelief that more people had not been hurt in the collision: f9 y. l- L6 r9 h  F# I4 m

: K- T+ F; [$ n Dramatic video footage and photos of the crash, described by terrified witnesses as being like a ‘mini 9/11’ and a ‘disaster movie’, were uploaded onto the internet within minutes, revealing chaotic scenes, burning wreckage and buildings and cars damaged by flames. * }& s6 b2 u3 B2 U) Z/ ^
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Several key roads were closed off, causing commuter chaos, as the emergency services battled fires. Initial fears of a possible terrorist attack were quickly discounted. 公仔箱論壇. A3 y: b+ i- f0 l: h/ X) M

9 z" `! j( E8 P7 d# k Yesterday accident investigators were probing claims by witnesses that a light on top of the crane may not have working or clearly visible. It also emerged that pilots had been warned of the existence of the crane by the aviation authorities.
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Last night at his home in Harlow, Essex, Mr Moule’s two young children were repeatedly telling him: ‘I love you, I love you.’
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His sister Charlotte, 22, wrote on Twitter: ‘Maybe there is a God up there! That was my brother’s crane and he was late for work today!’
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A friend of Mr Biagioni, who lives in Loughton, Essex, said that he was ‘devastated’ for the families of those who died.
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Mr Biagioni has been told not to go in to work today. He may now lose his job on the site because the crane is inoperable. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 i' Z' f& `& u4 M! F

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Yesterday accident investigators were probing claims by witnesses that a light on top of the crane may not have working or clearly visible when the helicopter crashed
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: X- J& v) N3 E9 r- T8 Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbEmergency services arrive as smoke pours from the burning debris of a helicopter which crashed in the Vauxhall area after the aircraft hit a crane attached to the nearby St Georges Wharf Tower
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Fuel: The helicopter fuel caught light and threatened houses on the street as blazes ripped through the area during rush hour