Pub crash helicopter dropped out of sky ‘like a stone’

The three people who died on board a service helicopter which crashed into a crowded pub — which witnesses said dropped out of the sky like a stone — have been named by police.

At least eight people were killed when the helicopter came down on to the roof of the Clutha Vaults pub in Glasgow on Friday night.

Those on board the helicopter have been named as pilot David Traill, and police officers Kirsty Nelis and Tony Collins.