Scotish Police have named the remaining four victims of the Glasgow helicopter crash after the recovery operation ended last night.
Robert Jenkins, 61, Mark O’Prey, 44, Colin Gibson, 33, and John McGarrigle, 57, were among the nine people killed when the police aircraft crashed into the Clutha pub on Friday.
The relatives of both Mr O’Prey and Mr McGarrigle told of their frustration at the delay in finding out news about the men.
Three people were killed in the helicopter – pilot David Traill, 51, and police officers Kirsty Nelis, 36, and Tony Collins, 43.
Gary Arthur, 48, from Paisley, and Samuel McGhee, 56, from Glasgow, were the other two people who were killed in the pub.
Confirmation of the names of all those who died came after officials revealed the search and recovery operation at the crash site had concluded.
The site is subject to an ongoing police investigation, but management of the incident scene has been handed over to the city council.
Deputy Chief Constable Rose Fitzpatrick said: “All nine names of those who died in the tragic incident last Friday in Glasgow have now been confirmed.
“Our thoughts first and foremost are with the families and friends of all those who have died. As our investigation continues we will of course go on providing support to the families involved.”
On Monday it emerged Mr Traill made no mayday call before the crash.
Dave Miller, deputy chief inspector of the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB), told reporters there was no explosion and no fire before the helicopter fell onto the roof of the building, causing debris to land on customers below.
He said there was no “black box” flight recorder, although the aircraft did have a “significant number of modern electronic systems on board and it may be possible to recover details from those systems”.
Nothing fell from the aircraft before the accident and the helicopter rotors were intact at the moment of impact.
The “extensively damaged” Eurocopter was lifted out by crane and taken by lorry to the AAIB base in Farnborough, Hampshire.
Emergency service workers formed a guard of honour to pay their respects to victims as the last four bodies were driven away in private ambulances.
Eleven people remain in hospitals across the city.
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