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Early reports from yesterday’s London helicopter crane crash suggest the crane operator was not in the cabin of the crane because he “was running late.”
The Met Police force has reported that two people have been killed, including the pilot of the helicopter. According to reports, the helicopter struck the luffing jib crane halfway down the boom. 
In scenes eerily similar to November’s collapse of the Favelle Model 440 crane in Manhatten, the jib of the Terex Comedil, owned by Brookfield Multiplex, is currently hanging off the side of the building.
Vertikal.net reported: “The crane operator was reportedly running late and was not in the cab at the time and is uninjured”.
At 181m high St George’s Wharf is set to be one of Europe’s tallest residential tower.
Brookfield Multiplex has recently completed the Standard Chartered Building in Dubai as well as worked on the Masdar project in Abu Dhabi.
