Helicopter Crash Glasgow

Scottish emergency workers were sitting through wreckage Saturday for survivors of a police helicopter crash into a crowded Glasgow pub that has killed eight people and injured 15 people but it is expected to rise because rescue operation is clearly ongoing, adding that emergency workers are still trying to rescue people inside the pub. Officials say a number of people have been rescued and taken to hospitals. Asst. Chief Officer Lewis Ramsay said rescuers have made contact with some people still in the pub and are working to stabilize the building.

Injured revellers, who there to see a ska band, fled through a cloud of dust in what witnesses called a scene of horror. Scotland's leader warned that fatalities are likely. People were covered in blood and dust. Other people were dragging them away from the bar and trying to get them out," he said. "Everyone was in shock, but people were helping and asking strangers if they were OK. I saw a couple help each other clean up their faces. - cbc.ca

Helicopter crash into pub : bbc.co.uk

There were reports that people may have been trapped inside, but they could not be immediately confirmed. Glasgow ska band Esperanza were playing when the helicopter began to fall through the ceiling, witnesses said. Witnesses described a chaotic scene as people rushed through a cloud of dust to get out, some with bad gashes to the head and other injuries. Grace MacLean, who was inside the pub at the time of the crash, said she was "having a nice time" when there was a "whoosh" noise — then smoke.

"The band were laughing and we were all joking that the band had made the roof come down," she told the BBC. "They carried on playing and then it started to come down more and someone started screaming and then the whole pub just filled with dust. You couldn't see anything, you couldn't breathe.

People formed a human chain to help pass unconscious people out of the pub so that "inch by inch, we could get the people out," said Labour Party spokesman Jim Murphy, who happened to be in the area when the helicopter came down.

Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted: "My thoughts are with everyone affected by the helicopter crash in Glasgow - and the emergency services working tonight."