:00:12. > :00:22.Two people are killed, 13 others are injured as a helicopter crashes
:00:22. > :00:23.
:00:23. > :00:26.in central London. A fireball as it crashes on to a street near
:00:26. > :00:30.Vauxhall at the height of the morning rush hour. I heard the
:00:30. > :00:34.helicopter flying around and then I heard a bang and I looked out to
:00:34. > :00:39.see bits and pieces flying around and then it nosedived over there
:00:39. > :00:43.and we heard metal falling. I see smoke building up and loads of
:00:43. > :00:47.fires. Three cars on fire. People just running and screaming
:00:47. > :00:53.everywhere. The helicopter came down after hitting a crane shrouded
:00:53. > :00:56.in fog on one of Europe's tallest residential blocks. The pilot had
:00:56. > :01:03.asked to divert to bat see because of bad weather. Police say the
:01:03. > :01:07.accident could have been much worse. people involved and certainly for
:01:07. > :01:13.the two people who have been killed, but it is probably miraculous that
:01:13. > :01:17.it wasn't much worse. We'll bring you the latest from the scene. In
:01:17. > :01:20.other news, Islamist militants attack a BP plant in southern
:01:20. > :01:24.Algeria, seizing a number of workers, including a man from
:01:24. > :01:30.Northern Ireland. Tesco is one of five supermarkets that has been
:01:30. > :01:32.sealing beefburgers containing horsemeat. Investigations are under
:01:32. > :01:36.way. As President Obama prepares to unveil his plans for tackling gun
:01:36. > :01:41.violence in America, we hear from the family of the British boy
:01:41. > :01:46.killed in the Sandy Hook shootings. Dylan was wrapped in Mrs Murphy's
:01:47. > :01:53.arms and she was protecting several children, but Dylan was the one in
:01:53. > :01:58.her arms and that helps a little bit. Later on BBC London,
:01:58. > :02:02.eyewitness accounts of the moment the helicopter crashed in Vauxhall.
:02:02. > :02:12.We'll have the latest on the situation and how it's affecting
:02:12. > :02:24.
:02:24. > :02:28.Good afternoon. Welcome to the news. Two people have been killed and 13
:02:28. > :02:32.others injured after a helicopter crashed into a crane in central
:02:32. > :02:36.London at around 8am. Then it plummeted on to the street below at
:02:36. > :02:41.the height of the morning rush hour. London was shrouded in low cloud at
:02:41. > :02:45.the time of the accident. The pilot, who was killed, had asked to be
:02:45. > :02:48.diverted because of bad weather. The other person who died was on
:02:48. > :02:51.the ground. Police say it's miraculous that more weren't killed.
:02:51. > :03:01.One of the first reporters at the scene was Ross Hawkins, who has
:03:01. > :03:03.
:03:03. > :03:06.sent us this report. Mate, your cars on fire, get out of the car.
:03:06. > :03:14.Noise and panic in the London rush hour. One driver escapes just in
:03:14. > :03:20.time. But this car is abandoned. Another vehicle is burning in the
:03:20. > :03:23.streets sluen with debris and with flames -- strewn with debris and
:03:23. > :03:27.with flames. A helicopter's just come down. Witnesses know what
:03:27. > :03:30.they've seen, but they can't quite believe that this can happen here
:03:30. > :03:35.in their morning commute. helicopter's just come down on the
:03:35. > :03:39.route I was about to walk to work. The emergency services are on their
:03:39. > :03:42.way, but through the mist you can see what's happened, the crane on
:03:42. > :03:46.the tower is destroyed. Much of it has fallen from here to the road
:03:46. > :03:51.below. I heard the helicopter flying around, then I heard a bang
:03:51. > :03:54.and I looked out and seen bits and pieces flying around and then it
:03:54. > :03:57.nosedived over there and a big explosion. We heard metal falling
:03:57. > :04:03.and that was the jib of the crane falling down and everybody was
:04:03. > :04:06.running. I turned the corner and saw an explosion and I looked to
:04:06. > :04:12.the left and I seen smoke building up and loads of fires and three
:04:12. > :04:16.cars on fire. People were running and screaming everywhere. I saw the
:04:16. > :04:20.helicopter when it was coming down. I see it hit the crane, so the
:04:20. > :04:25.crane fall and then I saw the helicopter going like this. On the
:04:25. > :04:30.other side, then it fell down. I was shocked when I hear the bang.
:04:30. > :04:33.The damage on the ground was obvious. If you look at the scale
:04:33. > :04:37.of the response just how significant the incident that
:04:37. > :04:41.occurred here is becomes immediately clear. You can see the
:04:41. > :04:44.flashing light and tens of different emergency vehicles that
:04:44. > :04:49.have arrived in the hour or so since the incident happened. If you
:04:49. > :04:53.look up into the sky, there is some of the mist clearing and you get an
:04:53. > :04:58.idea of what has occurred, the damage to that crane quite apparent
:04:58. > :05:02.at the top of a building that is not completed. There are many
:05:02. > :05:06.questions about what happened and the consequences still unanswered.
:05:06. > :05:09.They will want to find out how two people died here, one the pilot of
:05:09. > :05:13.the helicopter and 13 were injured. But for some of the workers
:05:13. > :05:16.building the tower, it could have been even worse. The best thing
:05:16. > :05:20.about it was the crane driver is late for the first time in years,
:05:20. > :05:24.otherwise he would have been in the crane. He had some luck. I think
:05:24. > :05:27.given the time of day in London and what's happened there is an
:05:27. > :05:32.absolute tragedy for the people involved and for the families of
:05:32. > :05:35.the two people killed, but probably miraculous that it wasn't just much,
:05:35. > :05:39.much worse. We'll hear much more about the tragedy and the
:05:39. > :05:46.miraculous escapes and how a journey to work one January morning
:05:46. > :05:50.could end like this. Richard Bilton is at the scene of the accident for
:05:50. > :05:55.us now. When you see those pictures it really is, as the police say, a
:05:55. > :06:00.miracle that more people weren't killed and injured. That's right.
:06:00. > :06:04.When you hear it feels like that. I'll run you through now where
:06:04. > :06:07.things happened today. Behind me, you can see that the crane there is
:06:07. > :06:12.attached to a tower block that has been built right by the Thames. The
:06:12. > :06:17.river is behind the buildings here. Now, at 8am, when the incident took
:06:17. > :06:20.place, it was shrouded in mist. The mist was still there when I arrived
:06:20. > :06:23.at 9am. We know the incident happened at 8am and immediately
:06:23. > :06:26.what happened was that crane was damaged. It's hard to tell from
:06:26. > :06:30.this side, but from the other side you can see the arm broken off and
:06:30. > :06:32.that fell down on to the building site. Then you had the helicopter
:06:32. > :06:37.itself. Some witnesses said initially it seemed the helicopter
:06:37. > :06:42.went for a long way, but it didn't. It came down really quickly, about
:06:42. > :06:46.300 metres down this road. You have seen the pictures. I went there and
:06:46. > :06:49.looked myself. There is a blackened street. A lot of damage. Chaos when
:06:50. > :06:52.it hit down, when the helicopter burnt. Part of what you need to
:06:52. > :06:55.understand here is the gentlemenography of where we are.
:06:55. > :06:59.Behind the camera is the headquarters of MI5. Further down
:06:59. > :07:02.the river, half a mile away, the Houses of Parliament. This is the
:07:02. > :07:06.heart of loond this was the height of the rush -- London and this was
:07:06. > :07:09.the height of rush hour. You can understand why the police say it's
:07:09. > :07:14.a miracle that more weren't killed, because it's so busy and the area
:07:14. > :07:18.is so built up. The Air Accident Investigation Branch is now trying
:07:18. > :07:22.to establish what did cause the accident. Questions have been
:07:22. > :07:31.raised about the navigation warning light on the crane, shrouded in fog
:07:31. > :07:35.when it was hit. Helicopters are a common sight over London, so this
:07:35. > :07:39.crash has shocked the city. It seems to be an accident rather than
:07:39. > :07:45.something more sinister, but this morning the Mayor, Boris Johnson,
:07:45. > :07:50.said it was still too early to tell what went wrong. The emergency
:07:50. > :07:55.services responded very fast and did very well, but clearly our
:07:56. > :07:59.information is changing from moment to moment. It's very, very early to
:07:59. > :08:05.draw any substantive conclusions about what has happened, except
:08:05. > :08:08.it's a very serious accident. of the investigation is sure to
:08:08. > :08:13.focus on this crane. A member of the public raised concerns three
:08:13. > :08:17.months ago claiming it wasn't well light. But a notice issued to
:08:17. > :08:23.pilots clearly shows it was lit at night. There's no indication yet
:08:23. > :08:27.that any light were faulty. Weather was also misty this morning and
:08:27. > :08:31.pilots mostly navigate by sight. No alarm would have gone off to warn
:08:31. > :08:36.him of the impending danger. It's also possible the helicopter had a
:08:36. > :08:38.mechanical problem. We know it was diverted. We don't know why.
:08:38. > :08:47.Independent air accident investigators are now working at
:08:47. > :08:50.the scene. The skies above London are very tightly controlled and
:08:50. > :08:56.commercial pilots have hundreds of hours to their name. This kind of
:08:56. > :09:00.accident is rare. The rules are very strict indeed. You are
:09:00. > :09:03.obviously talking to air traffic control as well, because they have
:09:03. > :09:08.the ultimate responsibility and remember we have fixed traffic
:09:08. > :09:13.going over the top, so you do exactly as you're told. There's
:09:14. > :09:16.nobody flat-hatting up the river just for the fun of it. It's an
:09:16. > :09:21.horrific accident, but the police say it was a miracle more people
:09:21. > :09:29.weren't hurt. It could still be some time before we know exactly
:09:29. > :09:33.why this helicopter crashed. Some of those who were injured have been
:09:33. > :09:38.taken to St Thomas's hospital in London close to the scene and our
:09:38. > :09:43.reporter is there. Do we know what continue they're in? At this
:09:43. > :09:47.staining, we don't have any details. It's been widely reported that four
:09:47. > :09:50.people have been taken here. It's about a mile away from the crash
:09:50. > :09:53.site. The hospital are actually telling us it's only three and they
:09:53. > :09:57.are not commenting on their condition. What we understand from
:09:57. > :10:00.other emergency services, though, is that among the injured one
:10:00. > :10:04.person is in a critical condition. One has a broken leg and that the
:10:04. > :10:07.others have minor injuries. We know that two of those with minor
:10:07. > :10:12.injuries were taken to another hospital, south-east of here, a
:10:12. > :10:15.couple of miles away in Camberwell. We believe that to be a man and
:10:15. > :10:19.woman. That is in addition to a handful of people who were also
:10:19. > :10:23.treated for shock by paramedics at the scene, but the rest of those
:10:23. > :10:25.were not deemed to be in such a serious condition that they merited
:10:25. > :10:28.further hospital treatment. Thank you.
:10:28. > :10:38.For more information on the crash and all the latest developments you
:10:38. > :10:38.
:10:38. > :10:43.can go to our website. A 36-year- old man from Northern Ireland is
:10:43. > :10:48.among a group of oil workers who have been kidnapped at a gas
:10:48. > :10:51.facility in southern Algeria by Islamist militants. The men were
:10:51. > :10:59.seized close to the Libyan bored, in what the Foreign Office is
:10:59. > :11:05.calling an on-going terrorist incident. Grank gardener is in our
:11:05. > :11:12.sen it -- frank guard -- Frank Gardner is in our central London
:11:12. > :11:16.studio for us now. There are reports that one or more Britons
:11:16. > :11:20.are involved. A man travelling on a Northern Ireland passport is
:11:20. > :11:23.involved. There are unconfirmed reports that a Frenchman has been
:11:23. > :11:26.killed in the attack. There are suggestions that they've come
:11:26. > :11:30.across the border from Mali and come north and a spillover from the
:11:30. > :11:36.fighting in Mali. The facility, it's a gas facility, jointly run by
:11:36. > :11:40.BP and by Statol, the Norwegian company, the forces are mobilising
:11:40. > :11:42.to deal with it in Algeria. At the moment, there are no confirmed
:11:42. > :11:46.details from the Foreign Office other than saying there is a
:11:46. > :11:49.terrorist incident, on-going down there in this very remote place,
:11:49. > :11:54.about 700 miles south-east of the capital. Is it thought that there
:11:54. > :11:59.could be a link with what is going on in Mali at the moment, Algeria's
:11:59. > :12:02.neighbour? Yeah. The trouble is that the borders aren't policed at
:12:02. > :12:07.all. They are very opaque borders and blurred. There is a group down
:12:07. > :12:10.there, an offshoot of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic areas which has been
:12:10. > :12:15.making money out of kidnapping foreigners. That's their main
:12:15. > :12:19.source of income. This could be simply a kidnap for ransom, or it
:12:19. > :12:23.could be a retaliation for the French military action in Mali,
:12:23. > :12:26.which the Islamists down there in northern Mali have always
:12:26. > :12:31.threatened to do. They've said, "You'll pay for this." There are
:12:31. > :12:34.reports that there are Frenchmen involved in the kidnapping. Thank
:12:34. > :12:38.you. In Mali, French troops are engaging
:12:38. > :12:41.in skirmishes with rebels after heading out north from the capital,
:12:41. > :12:49.Bamako. 50 armed order vehicles left the city overnight and are now
:12:49. > :12:56.involved in street fighting in the western towns, taken by the rebels
:12:57. > :13:02.in a country offensive on Monday. France intervened last weekend. Our
:13:02. > :13:06.top story this lunchtime - a helicopter has crashed into a crane
:13:06. > :13:13.in central London. Two people have been killed. 13 others have been
:13:13. > :13:18.injured. It came down in fog, after hitting a crane on top of one of
:13:18. > :13:22.Europe's tallest residential blocks in Vauxhall. Later on BBC London,
:13:22. > :13:26.why did a helicopter crash in central London this morning killing
:13:26. > :13:29.two people and injuring 13 others? Politicians call for an inquiry
:13:29. > :13:39.into the number of helicopters flying over tall buildings in the
:13:39. > :13:41.
:13:41. > :13:46.capital. All in 15 minutes. Tesco has apologised after samples
:13:46. > :13:52.of the Value burgers were found to contain 29% horsemeat. Horse and
:13:52. > :13:58.pig DNA were found in burgers sold by four others, including Iceland.
:13:58. > :14:01.They've been withdrawn from sale. Tesco was pulling some of its own-
:14:01. > :14:05.brand beefburgers off the shelves last night, after tests showed they
:14:05. > :14:09.may not be quite what they seem. It's one of several supermarkets
:14:10. > :14:16.which have been shaken by the findings of Ireland's Food Safety
:14:16. > :14:23.Authority. It tested a variety -- variety of frozen burgers and nine
:14:23. > :14:26.were found to contain small traces of horse DNA, but a sample of
:14:26. > :14:31.Tesco's Everyday Value burgers were found to be 29%. None of the
:14:31. > :14:34.burgers is said to be a health risk. I've sent my vets into the factory
:14:34. > :14:37.serned today. They've been going through papers and interviewing --
:14:37. > :14:39.concerned today. They've been going through papers and interviewing
:14:39. > :14:42.management. They are establishing the facts where the product could
:14:42. > :14:48.have come from, because the factory concerned does not slaughter horses
:14:48. > :14:54.and it doesn't import any horsemeat. Tesco has apologised and launched
:14:54. > :14:57.an investigation. We want to apologise to our customers and we
:14:58. > :15:00.are as sorry as they are that this has happened. It's unacceptable and
:15:00. > :15:05.we must prevent it ever happening again and that's why we have taken
:15:05. > :15:09.all the procautions so far. other supermarkets found to have
:15:09. > :15:19.products containing traces of horsemeat have also withdrawn them.
:15:19. > :15:22.
:15:22. > :15:26.They are examining their supply If I eat beef burgers I don't
:15:26. > :15:33.expect there to be horsemeat or pigmeat in, there because that's
:15:33. > :15:37.against my religion. If they say beef burgers, they should only have
:15:37. > :15:42.beef. They say burgers, and they are safe, there should be no
:15:42. > :15:48.problem with it. The issue raises uncomfortable questions of just how
:15:48. > :15:52.much we really know about what's in our food.
:15:52. > :15:55.A group of Conservative backbenchers calling themselves
:15:55. > :15:59.Fresh Start is publishing a manifesto calling for a substantial
:15:59. > :16:04.return of powers to the UK from the European Union. Its publication
:16:04. > :16:09.comes ahead of the Prime Minister's long-awaited speech on the UK and
:16:09. > :16:13.Europe on Friday. Before becoming Prime Minister
:16:13. > :16:18.David Cameron told his party not to bang on about Europe. It wasn't top
:16:18. > :16:22.of voters's concerns, but many of his MPs believe the eurozone crisis
:16:22. > :16:27.has given him an opportunity to negotiate a new looser relationship
:16:27. > :16:31.with the rest of the EU. A group supported by around 100 of his MPs
:16:31. > :16:35.stay the status quo in Europe is no longer an option. The eurozone has
:16:35. > :16:40.to move towards greater fiscal union as a result of the eurozone
:16:40. > :16:45.crisis. Britain is not going down that path, so in common with other
:16:45. > :16:49.non-euro members we have to redefine what relationship we want.
:16:49. > :16:59.The Fresh Start manifesto says Britain can bring back from
:16:59. > :17:02.
:17:02. > :17:06.When David Cameron delivers his speech on Friday he will endorse
:17:06. > :17:11.the idea of bringing back powers from Brussels to Britain but knows
:17:11. > :17:15.he will only succeed if he wins an overall majority at the next
:17:15. > :17:20.election and is able to ditch his pro-EU partners. Then he says he
:17:20. > :17:24.will seek the pressure consent of the British people in a referendum.
:17:24. > :17:27.Do we look at these changes and see what we can do to maximise
:17:28. > :17:33.Britain's national interest, and do we consult the public about that,
:17:33. > :17:36.or do we sit back do nothing and tell the public to go hang? Labour
:17:36. > :17:40.say long negotiations and the prospect of a referendum in the
:17:40. > :17:44.next Parliament is causing uncertainty and damaging the
:17:44. > :17:48.economy. He spent six months preparing a speech to create five
:17:48. > :17:53.years of uncertainty for Britain. When it comes to Europe, it is the
:17:53. > :17:56.same old Tories. A divided party and a weak Prime Minister.
:17:56. > :18:00.David Cameron believes he can forge a new relationship with Brussels
:18:00. > :18:03.but he is playing for high political stakes. If he fails he
:18:04. > :18:07.may boost the prospects of those who say the only way to achieve
:18:07. > :18:10.change is to leave the European Union entirely.
:18:10. > :18:15.Our political correspondent Norman Smith is in Westminster for us.
:18:15. > :18:18.Give us your assessment of how significant this Fresh Start group
:18:18. > :18:22.is. Sophie it is significant, because so far Mr. Cameron has kept
:18:22. > :18:27.his cards close to his chest when it comes to the sort of powers he
:18:27. > :18:31.wants back from Europe. Why? Because he doesn't want to show his
:18:31. > :18:36.negotiating hand. This group report, not Government sanctioned or
:18:36. > :18:40.Government backed, but it does give an insight into Government thinking.
:18:40. > :18:45.Mr Hague wrote the foreward, Downing Street described the ideas
:18:45. > :18:49.as interesting. What it gives suss an idea of the scale of change
:18:49. > :18:57.desired by Mr Cameron. We are not talking about a minor cherry-
:18:57. > :19:02.picking of pours but shaking the EU tree and bringing back bunches of
:19:02. > :19:06.powers back to Britain. He told MPs he wanted the issue of Europe
:19:06. > :19:09.settled for once and for all. The difficulty is it makes it much less
:19:09. > :19:14.likely he will get the agreement of other EU countries. What happens if
:19:14. > :19:17.they say no? It is a question he is bound to be asked Ben he briefs
:19:17. > :19:20.Conservative Cabinet Minister this is afternoon ahead of his crunch
:19:21. > :19:25.speech on Friday, and it is a question to which so far we've had
:19:25. > :19:29.no answer. President Obama will today unveil
:19:29. > :19:33.his plans for tackling America's problems with gun violence. He said
:19:33. > :19:38.last month's shooting at a school in Connecticut, when 20 children
:19:38. > :19:42.and six adults were killed, it was worst day of his presidency. Steve
:19:42. > :19:49.Kingston has been speaking to the parents of Dylan Hockley, the six-
:19:49. > :19:54.year-old British boy who was killed in the shooting. Nicole and even
:19:54. > :19:59.Hockley moved here from Britain two years ago. Their sons Jake and
:19:59. > :20:03.Dylan settled at Sandy Hook Elementary School where on a Friday
:20:03. > :20:08.morning last month Dylan Hockley died. Dylan was wrapped in Mrs
:20:08. > :20:16.Murphy's arms. She was protecting several children but Dylan was the
:20:16. > :20:20.one actually in her arms, and that help as little bit. To know that he
:20:20. > :20:28.wasn't alone. They had a very good bond, a very strong bond, and I
:20:28. > :20:32.knew she would be looking after him. To know he was with her helps.
:20:32. > :20:35.year-old Dylan was autistic. Mrs Murphy, a classroom assistant, had
:20:35. > :20:41.been helping him with his reading. They were among the 20 children and
:20:41. > :20:46.six staff members killed at Sandy Hook. Today the prez who shed tears
:20:47. > :20:51.for them will deliver his policy response. I'm guessing you met
:20:51. > :20:56.Barack Obama. Yes. He is about to outline his concrete policy
:20:56. > :21:03.proposals in response to this tragedy. What do you both want to
:21:03. > :21:12.hear from the President? That he will address many different topics,
:21:12. > :21:17.not just one topic, a lot of them. Responsible gun ownership is there.
:21:17. > :21:20.Mental health and how we bring up our children and how we act this
:21:21. > :21:24.society a - so many different areas. There is only a number which
:21:24. > :21:27.legislation will cover. The rest we as society will tackle, but those
:21:27. > :21:34.that legislation does cover, that he is prepared to take on all of
:21:34. > :21:38.those. Change will not come easily. Since the shooting gun sales have
:21:38. > :21:43.soared. America's National Rifle Association has urged its allies in
:21:43. > :21:46.Congress to block any move to limit the sale of high powered weapons.
:21:46. > :21:50.But confronted by politics and the challenge of daily life, this
:21:51. > :21:58.family remains determined. You seem strong. I think if you have a child
:21:58. > :22:04.you have to be strong for them. We are very busy with Dylan's fund and
:22:04. > :22:08.advocating with Sandy Hook Prompts on behalf of Dylan, but you also
:22:08. > :22:15.have to devote a significant amount of time to your child that's still
:22:15. > :22:19.alive as well, and maintain a sense of a new normality for his sake, to
:22:19. > :22:26.help him get through this. That helps us get through it as well.
:22:26. > :22:34.You will stay? Yes. We are staying in Newtown. Newtown is a wonderful
:22:34. > :22:39.place and this single event isn't going to undermine that.
:22:39. > :22:42.Japan's two biggest airlines have grounded all their Boeing 787
:22:42. > :22:48.Dreamliner planes after one was forced to major an emergency
:22:48. > :22:54.landing. The 787 only came into service last year but has
:22:54. > :22:58.experienced problems from fuel leaks to cracks in a cockpit window.
:22:58. > :23:02.This is a sight that will make hearts sink at Boeing's
:23:02. > :23:06.headquarters in Chicago. It may look like a drill but this is for
:23:07. > :23:10.real. An emergency evacuation from one of Boeing's shiny new 787
:23:11. > :23:14.Dreamliners. It was caught on camera by a Japanese TV reporter
:23:14. > :23:19.and who just happened to be on board The end the fire trucks were
:23:19. > :23:26.not needed and the passengers all walked away unharmed. But smoke on
:23:26. > :23:29.board an aircraft in flight is always serious. That's why All
:23:29. > :23:36.Nippon Airways and Japan airlines have both ordered the grounding of
:23:36. > :23:40.all their 787s until they can be thoroughly checked. TRANSLATION:
:23:40. > :23:43.All Nippon Airways flight has made an emergency landing after a
:23:43. > :23:47.cockpit message indicated there was a problem. Details are being
:23:47. > :23:54.checked but we are not prepared to comment on any general problems
:23:54. > :24:00.that have surfaced in the 787. is no exaggeration to say the 787
:24:00. > :24:06.is the future of Boeing. More than 800 of the hi-tech light-weight
:24:06. > :24:11.planes have been ordered. But in the last week it has been hit by an
:24:11. > :24:17.unprecedented serious of incidents first an electrical fire on board a
:24:18. > :24:25.Japan Airlines dream liner in Boston. Then a fuel leak from
:24:25. > :24:31.another JAL Dreamliner the next day. The day an All Nippon Airways dreen
:24:32. > :24:36.liner suffered a cracked windscreen. And now. This experts say the 787
:24:36. > :24:45.is still a very good plane. But with so many incidents in a short
:24:46. > :24:48.space of time, Boeing has a lot of explaining to do to its customers.
:24:49. > :24:53.Let's go back to the main story, the helicopter crash in central
:24:53. > :24:57.London this morning. Two people have died, 13 others have been
:24:57. > :25:03.injured, one critically. Our correspondent Jeremy Cook is flying
:25:03. > :25:09.above the scene of the accident now. We are hovering just south of the
:25:09. > :25:15.River Thames in this milky winter sunshine, but we can still see
:25:15. > :25:18.through the sunshine the tower. The tower now is being lit by the
:25:18. > :25:24.bright sun, but this morning of course a very different situation,
:25:24. > :25:29.because the whole of central London was really enveloped in cloud. The
:25:29. > :25:33.helicopter in question we are told was a modern helicopter with all of
:25:33. > :25:38.the latest navigation equipment, but you can clearly see the crane
:25:38. > :25:44.next to the tower. As we've all been hearing during the morning,
:25:44. > :25:47.somehow this helicopter collided with that tower, with the tragic
:25:47. > :25:52.consequences that we've all seen. Of course there is speculation
:25:53. > :25:58.about what the cause of that crash was. The investigation on the scene
:25:58. > :26:03.below there is still in full swing. What we are told is conditions now,
:26:03. > :26:09.although the visibility is not perfect, were much, much different
:26:09. > :26:13.from this morning. The visibility then was really very restricted.
:26:13. > :26:17.One of the questions is whether or not the helicopter in question was
:26:17. > :26:23.trying to land in a nearby Battersea heliport, whether it was
:26:23. > :26:26.trying to return to base. We actually came from Redhill from the
:26:26. > :26:31.Aerodrome where the original helicopter took off. It only took
:26:31. > :26:36.15 minutes or so to get from there to this location. You can see why
:26:36. > :26:39.people want to make that sort of journey, because it takes about 15
:26:39. > :26:43.or 20 minutes to get from there to this election in London, whereas in
:26:43. > :26:47.you were driving it would take at least an hour that, very striking
:26:47. > :26:51.when looking back at the tower there that the crane is still there.
:26:51. > :26:56.It is still standing but it does look damaged. It looks to me as
:26:56. > :27:00.though it will be a major job to make that crane safe and to get the
:27:00. > :27:05.area underneath the tower back to some sort of safe position. I'm
:27:05. > :27:09.sure that's very much the focus on attention as the air investigation
:27:09. > :27:14.continues in parallel to that effort. Jeremy thank you. Vicki
:27:14. > :27:17.Young is at the scene of the crash in Vauxhall. Ambulance officials
:27:17. > :27:21.are saying those who were injured are suffering from broken bonus,
:27:21. > :27:27.cuts, bruises and shock. You have been speaking to some people who
:27:27. > :27:30.saw what happened. What have they been saying to you?
:27:30. > :27:33.overwhelming feeling from people who witnessed this is that it is
:27:33. > :27:38.nothing short of a miracle that more weren't injured. That
:27:38. > :27:42.helicopter crash is next to a busy train line, a huge bus station,
:27:42. > :27:46.numerous flats and a huge supermarket. So people here who
:27:46. > :27:52.witnessed it, who heard that crash, who saw the helicopter tumbling
:27:52. > :27:56.down and bursting into flames are amazed. I spoke to two lorry
:27:56. > :27:59.drivers delivering something to the bottom of that tower. They felt
:27:59. > :28:04.something fall down from above and they thought it was the crane
:28:04. > :28:07.coming down, so they ran away. They were still shaking when I spoke to
:28:07. > :28:10.them several hours later. The investigation will continue into
:28:10. > :28:15.whether the crane was properly lit. There are some reports that members
:28:15. > :28:18.of public have felt in the last few months it hasn't been properly lit.
:28:18. > :28:21.The Prime Minister saying that the amount of air traffic that comes
:28:22. > :28:24.around London will be part of that investigation. The air
:28:24. > :28:32.investigation authorities are on the scene. They will be looking
:28:33. > :28:36.into that in the coming hours and days. Vicki, thank you.
:28:36. > :28:40.days. Vicki, thank you. Now the weather. Hello there. A
:28:40. > :28:44.quiet couple of days coming up and then there's a significant change
:28:44. > :28:48.as we move towards the tail end of the week. The rest of this week
:28:48. > :28:51.cold by day and by night. Frost and ice around, and the risk of
:28:51. > :28:55.significant snowfall by Friday. Today one or two fleeting showers
:28:55. > :29:00.along the eastern coast. Towards the west a different tale. We've
:29:00. > :29:05.got a weather front, a weak affair, coming into the western side of
:29:05. > :29:10.Scotland through Northern Ireland. What's falling from this is mostly
:29:10. > :29:15.watery, the hint of wintriness. Towards the south-west of England,
:29:15. > :29:24.through Wales, here dry for the most part. A Vale of cloud turning
:29:24. > :29:27.things a wee bit hazy. Still a supply of showers for eastern Kent,
:29:27. > :29:32.and lying snowfall as the day progresses. Through the evening and
:29:32. > :29:35.overnight the patchy and dense freezing fog through the afternoon
:29:35. > :29:39.across parts of the East Midlands and Lincolnshire will thicken.
:29:39. > :29:43.Another bitterly cold night. Where you've got the lying snow, these
:29:43. > :29:48.are town and city temperatures but as was the case last night, where
:29:48. > :29:52.you have the lying snow or dense fog on Thursday, it will be much,
:29:52. > :29:55.much colder. Bright enough providing you haven't got fog to
:29:55. > :29:58.contend with. The cloud thickening towards the west. Notice that we
:29:58. > :30:04.are converting some of the rain into something more wintry. Again I
:30:04. > :30:11.don't think it is going to amount to very much. That's Wednesday and
:30:11. > :30:16.Thursday done and dusted and then already at this stage the Met
:30:16. > :30:21.Office have issued an amber warning for significant and disruptive snow.
:30:21. > :30:25.Dense air over the British isles keeping us cold. The mild air has
:30:25. > :30:31.been there. We've seen at times attempts to bring it in towards the
:30:31. > :30:36.British Isles. Notice the number of isobars. Very windy. As the moist
:30:36. > :30:40.air rides up over the cold air, so we have a very ready conversion to
:30:40. > :30:46.a lot of snow. Not so much around the western peripheries but inland,
:30:46. > :30:50.as soon as we get the snow inland there'll be a lot of it. It really
:30:50. > :30:55.is quite extensive on another cold day across central and eastern
:30:55. > :31:02.parts. Factor in the strong wind. How much snow? In the yellow area
:31:02. > :31:07.up to 10cms, but in the amber area, our greatest concern, 10-15cms of
:31:07. > :31:10.snow with a lot more over the hills, snow with a lot more over the hills,