British police said two people had been killed after a helicopter
crashed into a crane on top of a residential block in central London on
Wednesday.
"Two people have been confirmed dead at the scene. We
have no further details," police said in a statement. Two others had
been taken to hospital, it added.
A helicopter crashed into a
crane near a railway station in central London during the morning rush
hour on Wednesday, bursting into flames and throwing plumes of smoke
into the air.
Sky News said one pilot was on board the helicopter
when it hit the crane on a building site near Vauxhall train station, a
major commuter station on the south side of London, shortly after 0800
GMT.
Sky reported that two cars were involved in the incident. TV footage showed flaming wreckage strewn across a road.
"You can see smoke billowing out just past the bridge," Robert Oxley, who witnessed the incident, told Sky News.
London City Airport said flights had been disrupted on Wednesday due to low visibility.
British police said there was nothing to suggest a terrorism link to the
helicopter crash.
"There's
nothing in our world at this stage," a spokesman for London's Counter
Terrorism Command said. "There's nothing to suggest any terrorism link."