That helicopter crash into the Glasgow pub

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http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/30/glasgow-pub-helicopter-crash-police-pilot
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A painstaking operation to recover the remains of at least eight people killed when a police helicopter crash-landed on a busy pub in Glasgow is continuing, with a final death toll yet to emerge.

Police still held out hope that survivors could be found, as rescue workers continued the difficult task of shoring up the shattered roof of the Clutha Vaults bar. The roof collapsed at 10.25pm on Friday night, trapping scores of customers, after the Eurocopter EC135 T2 suffered a catastrophic loss of power and hit the building, which stands on the banks of the river Clyde.

Alex Salmond, Scotland's first minister, ordered flags to fly at half-mast on government buildings to mark "a black day for Glasgow and Scotland" as accident investigators tried to establish what had caused one of the UK's worst urban aviation disasters of recent times.

As dusk fell over the scene, Chief Constable Sir Stephen House disclosed that eight people had been confirmed killed, including the helicopter's civilian pilot and two police officers on board. The five other dead were killed in the bar. Police on Saturday night named one of the victims as Gary Arthur, 48, from Paisley. His family have been informed. A police spokesman said: "Extensive efforts continue to recover the remaining bodies from the scene but due to ongoing safety constraints this is likely to take some time."

Up to 120 people were thought to have been inside the single-storey bar, one of Glasgow's most famous pub music venues, where a local ska band, Esperanza, had been playing. Specialist search and rescue dogs from Trossachs mountain rescue team were brought in to search for victims and any possible survivors.
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Amazing how many ska bands there are on this planet.

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1. I'd just picked up elsewhere it was a Ska band playing

and apparently when the ceiling started to fall they played on..................until it suddenly got considerably worse.

[malaise]

2. Yep they play ska, punk and reggae

Fascinating indeed. Saw something in the Scottish Herald with more info on them. Really sad - one guy said he knows his dad is dead because he sat in the same spot forever.