Helo crash in London

[JU_88]

Originally Posted by Tchocky

This is strange. London METAR this morning was not exactly VFR-friendly, and there's no way the helo should have been this low if IFR. Weird.

EDIT - I see it was diverting to Battersea. That explains a bit. Nasty weather for it though.

I might even agree with you, if knew what the hell any of those acronyms meant^

[Jimbuna]

METAR is a format for reporting weather information. A METAR weather report is predominantly used by pilots in fulfillment of a part of a pre-flight weather briefing, and by meteorologists, who use aggregated METAR information to assist in weather forecasting.

Visual flight rules (VFR) are a set of regulations under which a pilot operates an aircraft in weather conditions generally clear enough to allow the pilot to see where the aircraft is going. Specifically, the weather must be better than basic VFR weather minima, i.e. in visual meteorological conditions (VMC), as specified in the rules of the relevant aviation authority. The pilot must be able to operate the aircraft with visual reference to the ground, and by visually avoiding obstructions and other aircraft.

Instrument flight rules (IFR) is one of two sets of regulations governing all aspects of civil aviation aircraft operations; the other is visual flight rules (VFR).

[Herr-Berbunch]

I wondered when and how the tenuous local links would occur.

Captain Pete Barnes flew the area's ambucopter and would probably have been involved in incidents in North East Lincolnshire.