Officials in scotland now say eight people were killed when a Police Helicopter crashed through the roof of a glasgow bar on friday night. Dozens of others were taken to the hospital with injuries, some of them serious. Rescue efforts are still ongoing. The accident came on the eve of Saint Andrews day, scotlands official national holiday. Rescue workers examine the wreckage at the city center bar. The true extent of the disaster will not be known until the scene is cleared, but the building is in danger of collapsing, so the recovery work is a painstaking business. This is a complex and ongoing rescue operation that will not be quick. It is very complicated, and indeed dangerous. Pay tribute to those people from the Emergency Service who are working in and around the city. Around 120 people were in the bar. They were watching a concert by a local band when the helicopter fell through the roof. Rushed to help the injured while they waited for rescuers to arrive. This is a black day for
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okay. reichen, i want to ask you about kind of looking historically at this you handled a case for a similar crash in mozambique. the pilot locked out his co-pilot out of the cockpit, took down the plane. ultimately when you look at that case when you look at this one, does the fault rest with the airlines for letting people pilots like this through the screening process? yeah i m still litigating or working on litigating this case through the law firm and it s almost an identical situation except you switch the pilot and co-pilot. we had the co-pilot in the bathroom and then banging on the door while the pilot took the plane down on this mozambique airline in africa. to answer your question under the montreal convention which is the rules of international flight which both of these flights were it s always the airline s fault. the airline is actually held