Glasgow Crash Helicopter Had Safety Checks

The police helicopter which crashed into a Glasgow pub was one of many that underwent safety checks as a precaution last year.

Police Scotland said the Eurocopter EC135 Type 2 was tested on the advice of its operator Bond Air Services last July.

It happened after Scotland's two air ambulance helicopters were suspended following a warning about their safety.

Eurocopter issued a safety information notice about its EC135 fleet early last May after reports of cracks on the lower hub shaft flange of the machines.

As a result, Bond Air Services, who operate the aircrafts on behalf of the Scottish Ambulance Service, decided to withdraw them from use.

PC Kirsty Nelis was one of eight people killed in the crash

The police helicopter was subjected to safety checks in July last year but was not withdrawn from service.

The force said: "In July 2012 we received a safety information notice from Eurocopter after a crack was found in the main rotor hub shaft of an EC135 helicopter in France.

"Following detailed inspection, in line with the latest airworthiness directive, no faults were identified and the force helicopter was available for operational deployment."

Eight people died and 12 people are in hospital with serious injuries following the crash at 10.25pm on Friday night.

Witnesses said the helicopter came down "like a stone" from the sky, hitting the roof of The Clutha in Glasgow when more than 100 people were inside the bar.

The three occupants of the Eurocopter EC135 T2 - two police officers and a civilian pilot - were among the dead.

Police have launched a major investigation under the direction of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch.

Workers remove one of the helicopter's rotor blades for examination

At least one aviation safety expert believes something "dramatic" suddenly occurred to cause the helicopter crash.

The pilot would have had either little or no control of his aircraft in the final moments of the flight, Flight Global's operations and safety editor David Learmount told Sky News.

But he added that although a witness has described the helicopter as dropping like a stone, there were indications that the pilot might have still had "some ability to fly" before the impact.

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