Eyewitnesses have described the "terrifying" moment when a police helicopter spun out of control and plunged into a bar which was hosting a live music gig.
Grace MacLean was in The Clutha in Stockwell Street, Glasgow, and said people became aware of the crash only when the ceiling of the venue started to cave in.
She told Sky News: "There was a band on, they were quite loud, and we just kinda heard a whoosh and some smoke.
"We looked around and no-one really knew what was going on. Everyone just carried on listening to the band.
Emergency services at the scene "And then we kind of looked again and the roof was gradually coming down.
"Someone started shouting and the band cut the music ... and then all of a sudden this cloud of dust came.
"You couldn't breathe for inhaling a mouthful of dust. You couldn't see anything. You were clawing at the walls to see where the exit is.
"No-one had a clue what was going on. There was no loud noise.
"People were helping each other out. Everyone started helping people who were hurt. People had some head injuries. Lots of people were covered in dust. There were lots of people shocked.
"No-one knew it was a helicopter crash until people told you."
Labour's international development spokesman Jim Murphy happened to be driving past the pub immediately after the crash.
Firefighters on the roof of the pub where the helicopter crash-landed "I jumped out and tried to help," he said. "There were people with injuries. Bad gashes to the head. Some were unconscious."
He described how a human chain formed to help pass unconscious casualties out of the pub so that "inch by inch, we could get the people out".
Scores of passers-by in the area ran to the venue after seeing or hearing the aircraft go down.
Connor Gillies, from Radio Clyde News, told Sky News of the "scenes of chaos" and "continuous stream of sirens" in the area on Friday evening.
Mr Gillies described seeing "blood on the shirt" of Mr Murphy, who he said was "clearly very shaken, very upset by the whole thing".
Wesley Shearer, who posted pictures on Twitter of the scene, said there had been "talk of fatalities", but this has not been confirmed.
"This is unbelievable," he tweeted shortly after the crash. "Just spent 20 minutes pulling people out of the bar."
MP Jim Murphy helped people out of the venue Jan Hollands, who also tweeted pictures from the scene, said she heard the crash and described it as "scary".
At 7am, one worried man was waiting at a police barrier hoping to hear of news about his father, who was in the pub on Friday night.
"My dad was sitting there with his lady friend. She went to the toilet and boom, it came straight through the roof … right on top of the spot where they were sitting.
He added: "That was the last I heard. I'm going to stay here … It cannot get much worse."
:: Police have issued an emergency telephone number for concerned relatives - 0800 092 0410.
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