LONDON - A helicopter crashed in central London close to the headquarters of Britain's MI6 spy agency on Wednesday, exploding into flames during the morning rush hour and killing two people, the police said
Two people have been killed when a helicopter hit a crane in central London, crashing into two cars as it fell to the ground.
A helicopter has crashed into a crane in Central London before plummeting to the ground.
9:24am
London's Counter Terrorism Command spokesman said: 'There's nothing in our world at this stage. There's nothing to suggest any terrorism link.'
9:20am
Road congestion has spread out from the scene of the crash - reaching Clapham, Kennington, Wandsworth, Lambeth and Battersea.
9:20am
Vauxhall Underground station, on the Victoria line, was closed, leading to disruption to services on the line.
9:19am
The building is only a few hundred metres from MI6 and is situated on a busy roundabout.
9:18am
The crane was on top of a building called The Tower, in the St George Wharf development, and is billed to be one of Europe's tallest residential towers.
9:16am
Mark Louis Sidney, who was heading for Vauxhall station, told Sky News: 'I heard a loud bang, I looked up and saw bits of propeller and parts of the aircraft falling off it and then plummeting down. Then a plume.
LONDON - A helicopter crashed in central London close to the headquarters of Britain's MI6 spy agency on Wednesday, exploding into flames during the morning rush hour and killing two people, the police said
Two people have been killed when a helicopter hit a crane in central London, crashing into two cars as it fell to the ground.
A helicopter has crashed into a crane in Central London before plummeting to the ground.
9:24am
London's Counter Terrorism Command spokesman said: 'There's nothing in our world at this stage. There's nothing to suggest any terrorism link.'
9:20am
Road congestion has spread out from the scene of the crash - reaching Clapham, Kennington, Wandsworth, Lambeth and Battersea.
9:20am
Vauxhall Underground station, on the Victoria line, was closed, leading to disruption to services on the line.
9:19am
The building is only a few hundred metres from MI6 and is situated on a busy roundabout.
9:18am
The crane was on top of a building called The Tower, in the St George Wharf development, and is billed to be one of Europe's tallest residential towers.
9:16am
Mark Louis Sidney, who was heading for Vauxhall station, told Sky News: 'I heard a loud bang, I looked up and saw bits of propeller and parts of the aircraft falling off it and then plummeting down. Then a plume
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Two people have been killed when a helicopter hit a crane in central London, crashing into two cars as it fell to the ground.
A helicopter has crashed into a crane in Central London before plummeting to the ground.
9:24am
London's Counter Terrorism Command spokesman said: 'There's nothing in our world at this stage. There's nothing to suggest any terrorism link.'
9:20am
Road congestion has spread out from the scene of the crash - reaching Clapham, Kennington, Wandsworth, Lambeth and Battersea.
9:20am
Vauxhall Underground station, on the Victoria line, was closed, leading to disruption to services on the line.
9:19am
The building is only a few hundred metres from MI6 and is situated on a busy roundabout.
9:18am
The crane was on top of a building called The Tower, in the St George Wharf development, and is billed to be one of Europe's tallest residential towers.
9:16am
Mark Louis Sidney, who was heading for Vauxhall station, told Sky News: 'I heard a loud bang, I looked up and saw bits of propeller and parts of the aircraft falling off it and then plummeting down. Then a plume of smoke went up.'
9:13am
Eyewitness Matt Haverson was doing construction work on railway arches near the incident.
He said there was a good 'pull together' with people attem
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A helicopter has crashed and exploded in a ball of flames in a busy London street during rush hour. Police say two people were killed.
Witnesses told of seeing the helicopter hit a crane on a building site in Vauxhall, next to the River Thames before it cartwheeled and hit the ground.
The top of the crane apparently also toppled on to the ground and there were reports two cars were caught up in the fiery crash, which happened during rush hour.
Highly flammable fuel from the helicopter created a fireball and pictures from the scene showed wreckage on fire across a large area and smoke and flames rising from the ground by a tower block on Wandsworth Road.
The helicopter, reported to be a private flight, was carrying only the pilot.
The incident happened close the the MI6 headquarters and the site of the new US embassy which is under construction.
There were reports all train services at Vauxhall and Waterloo stations had been suspended.
The scene is close to a commercial helipad near Battersea Power Station.
London Fire Brigade said it had received numerous calls about the incident and it had sent 22 fire trucks to the scene.
The London Ambulance Service said it was responding to the incident but had no further details.
A witness told Sky News: 'This is right next to Vauxhall Bus Station, which is a major commuting point. We
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HELICOPTER CRASHES IN LONDON - 2 confirmed dead 2 injured.
A helicopter has crashed in central London after hitting a crane on top of a tower block by the River Thames.
The stricken aircraft cartwheeled to the ground and exploded into flames before crashing into a street during the rush hour.
Burning wreckage and aviation fuel covered the road as eyewitnesses reported seeing cars on fire and hearing people screaming.
The Metropolitan Police confirmed that the helicopter had come down.
London Fire Brigade said the crash happened near Wandsworth Road in South Lambeth.
Around 22 fire vehicles are at the scene.
There are reports that there was only one person in the helicopter.
Southwestern trains say services in the area have been affected.
Roads closed off after helicopter crash
Road traffic has quickly built up following the helicopter crash in Vauxhall, south London.
The A3205 Nine Elms Lane between Cringle Street and the A3036 Wandsworth Road are particularly badly affected.
The A202 in Vauxhall has been closed southbound between Vauxhall Cross and the A3212 at Millbank junction. Other congested stretches of road were the A202 Harleyford Road from A203 South Lambeth Road and the A203 South Lambeth Road.
South West Trains reported that Vauxhall main line station had been closed. Trains were running t
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