Police: Rush Hour Helicopter Crash In London Could Have Been Much Worse

NPR | Jan. 18, 2013 4:16 a.m.

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Philip Reeves

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A helicopter flying across London seeking to land due to bad weather clipped a crane atop one of the city's tallest residential towers and fell into a street crowded with rush hour traffic. The pilot and one person on the ground died, and 13 others were injured.