TIMELINE
● 8.44pm, 29 NOVEMBER, 2013: A helicopter, operated by Bond Air Services on behalf of Police Scotland, leaves Glasgow City Heliport.
● It makes a journey to Dalkeith, Midlothian, on police business before returning west.
● 10.22pm: The helicopter comes down on the flat roof of the Clutha Bar in Glasgow City Centre, a short distance from the River Clyde.
● 10.22pm: The roof of the pub collapses. It is estimated there were around 120 people inside the bar at the time of the crash. Ten people are killed and 31 injured. ● 29 NOVEMBER – 1 DECEMBER, 2013: The emergency services spend two days searching and retrieving people from the building. More than 25 ambulances were dispatched to the scene alongside 125 firefighters.
● 9 DECEMBER, 2013: A preliminary report from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) finds there was 95 litres of fuel onboard the aircraft.
● 14 FEBRUARY, 2014: A special report from the AAIB special report finds both engines “flamed out”. One of the fuel tanks was empty, while a second contained 0.4 litres. A third contained 75 litres, but transfer pumps to take this fuel to the other two engine tanks were switched off.
● 23 OCTOBER, 2015: The final report concludes that fuel transfer pumps were switched off, meaning that 73kg of fuel became unusable. Both of the engines “flamed out” sequentially while the helicopter was airborne as a result of fuel starvation, and a controlled landing was not achieved for “unknown reasons”.
● 24 NOVEMBER, 2017: The Crown Office announced no criminal proceedings would be held and confirmed that a Fatal Accident Inquiry would take place.