The helicopter, carrying two police officers and a civilian pilot, crashed on the roof of
the pub at 10:25 p.m., according to Scottish police.
A police helicopter crashed into the roof of a pub crowded with Friday-night revelers in the Scottish city of Glasgow, causing a chaotic scene as patrons ran out and first-responders rushed in.
There were no immediate official reports of casualties, but witnesses reported seeing people who appeared injured running from The Clutha pub after the crash.
"I know there were a lot of people lying on the ground kind of getting looked into," said Christina O'Neill, who lives across the street from the pub.
Pictures posted to social media showed a number of fire trucks, police cars and ambulances surrounding the one-story building, with the remnants of the helicopter wreckage visible from above.
The helicopter, carrying two police officer and a civilian pilot, crashed on the roof of the pub at 10:25 p.m. local time, Scottish police said.
"Basically I heard what sounded like a plane going too low, and I thought that didn't sound right for a couple of seconds," O'Neill said.
"Then I just heard a massive crash...I looked out to the car park and thought it might have been just a car crash. It does sound quite devastating at the moment."
The crash occurred as patrons listened to the self-styled ska band Esperanza, which had taken the stage at the pub a short time earlier. Grace Maclean and a friend were inside the pub listening to the band when the crash occurred.
"We were watching the band and there was kind of like a (roof) panel fell, there was a whoosh of dust, then we laughed that the band said, 'We didn't think we were going to bring the roof down,'" she said. "...The roof didn't come down. ...It didn't come completely down anyway." Maclean said she was sitting at the back of the bar next to an older man, who suffered a cut on his head from the debris when crash occurred. "Everyone was really confused and scared," she said.
"No one had a clue. There was no explosion. No bang. It was really quiet. There is no fire," she said. The noise came after the crash, when people began calling out for friends. "Everyone was yelling (for) their friends, but everyone seemed to find everyone," Maclean said. O'Neill, who saw the crash from her apartment across the street, said after the sound of impact, she saw smoke and people running.
On the Facebook page of the band Esperanza, a post indicates the band members all made it out of the club. "It seems that the band are all OK. Not so sure about everyone else," it said.
Rescue workers attend the scene at a pub on Stockwell Street where a police helicopter
crashed on Friday, November 30, in Glasgow, Scotland.
Hours after the crash, the helicopter -- bearing the word "police" on its damaged tail -- was still smoldering. "I can confirm that it is a police helicopter which has been involved in the tragic accident in Glasgow," the head of the Scottish government, Alex Salmond, said in a post on his official Twitter account.
In another post, he said: "Rescue efforts in full operation. Given an incident of this scale we must all prepare ourselves for the likelihood of fatalities." A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service told CNN that there were "multiple ambulances and a special operations team on site." Gordon Smart, editor of The Scottish Sun, took to Twitter after apparently witnessing the crash. "Jesus.
Think I just saw a helicopter crash in Glasgow," he tweeted. In another post, he said: "This is genuinely horrible. Spare a thought for those involved. Terrifying experience. Thought it was going to land on me." The Clutha's Facebook page contained numerous posts from people concerned about the incident. "Stay with it everybody, now is the time to think of others," wrote one person.
"People need help." British Prime Minister David Cameron also tweeted about the situation. "My thoughts are with everyone affected by the helicopter crash in Glasgow -- and the emergency services working tonight," he said.
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