AN Australian man has detailed how he sheltered from showering debris after a fatal helicopter crash in central London.
Patrick Gartland was cycling to work when the chopper struck a crane at a building site at Vauxhall on the southern bank of the River Thames about 8am (1900 AEST) Wednesday.
The crash killed two people and injured nine others.
Mr Gartland told Sky News that he and another cyclist took cover in a nearby bus shelter for up to 15 minutes as debris rained down.
"The helicopter was ablaze to the right of us," said the former Melbourne resident who moved to UK seven years ago.
"Watching the helicopter cartwheel down and the first realisation there's people in the helicopter and they're not going to survive," Mr Gartland said, relaying what went through his mind during the ordeal.
"And then you watch the helicopter crash and explode and then you're snapped back into reality with construction workers yelling for people to take cover and you realise 'I need to get away from this and protect my own safety.
"Your instincts kick in a little. Once we were under the safety of the bus shelter and you realise you're out of immediate danger, you start realising the gravity of what you've just witnessed."
Emergency service personnel say the pilot was the only person on board the chopper and that the second person killed and those injured were on the ground.
Mr Gartland said he was okay but had not yet contacted his Australian family and friends.
"I'm okay. It is a bit to take in. I'll be fine and I'll contact them in due course," he said.
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