Emergency at Kings Cross !

[rmeacham363]

was there a fire?

[ta400]

The station has to be evacuated, because all the staff have to go outside and look at the helicopter, and someone might nick something.

[SmashBangCrash]

I like the fire man filming it on his phone instead of helping

[drpoxy]

Simple soul that I am - I have never fully understood why HEMS attend in situations such as this. King's Cross station is about 300 yards from University College Hospital (complete with A&E / Trauma Surgeons etc). In the time it took to load the casualty into the helicopter, start engines, run pre-flight checks etc - they could have already been at UCH ! Nevertheless - "Thanks" for uploading the video.

[kaychanc]

@drpoxy The Royal London has a special surgery designed for HEMS to enter from the helipad. so if you want them to head straight into surgery you go there

[camothegr8]

wow.well done for the great filming,even though there was so much maddness every where.sounded seroius.did you see what happened

[MrPabzii]

i was there when that happend

i was in a little kiosk across the street

[Storm1053]

init tubes made by us london

[ThePaunchy]

Nobody will evacuate an entire station in Russian metro if someone falls under a train.

[xXxLOUISE01xXx]

what was the emergency?

[xashleykamix]

Anyone know what actually happened on this day??

[kaiyan246]

0:06 why did the train stopped there

[Susu986]

@kaiyan246 That's a good question, even though I was there, I don't know. We didn't hit anyone I believe.

[aideed247]

@Susu986 If you see the big red thing which tells you what happens it would say this at the top or button: If there is a Emergency in a Station and any part of the train are still in the train station the driver would stop the train and get everyone out <:-- THATS NOT WHAT IT SAID BUT IT KIND OF WHAT IT SHOULD SAYS.

[ococircusboy]

@kaiyan246 the electricity cuts out on the tracks when emergency doors are opened / estop / power cut by grid.

[ARF1LMS]

Big evacuation, as a driver on the Island Line (IOW) you dont see many one-unders.

[travelplus1]

gas in your coloured knickers lol

[iwatchfunny]

wow, in a emergancy the escalators reverse to go up, not down! Clever!

[lindylou2003]

Ahh is that what the emergency was. I arrived in that station today on the Victoria line and heard that siren telling us to get out. I never found out what the emergency was.

[swedpidge]

Haha. Look at that stupid nip at 3.50! Such a cliche! Haha

[seamanrob]

what gets me about this video is how even though the alarms are sounding and all the gates are open both ways, people still stop to use their tickets!! talk about drones

[railexchangevideos]

i think only those on oyster cards would touch the reader to make sure they dont get charged a penalty fare

[Starryguy1]

@seamanrob The people with tickets did not use them. You need to scan your oyster card to get back in later.

[georgieporge2]

Do they usually evacuate a whole station due to a person under a train?

[lovelierlex]

I was just going to ask that... it seems a little extreme. But I guess it would be hard for the medics to get to the person if they had to shoulder thru crowds of people.

[londonnboi]

@georgieporge2 They evacuated the whole station because:

- Station staff might be needed to assist with the situation, no longer in their usual positions for the statio to operate safely

- Emergency services need unrestricted access

- The traction current is turned off which might cause other trains on the same line to be stuck in tunnels, requiring assistance

- The station becomes a crime scene until the circumstances are established

- The underground have standard procedure they follow

[georgieporge2]

I see. A lot to take into account!

[extrude22]

you dont see things like this happen often

[Zildjian285]

Amazing video!

I've never seen anything like this before. That siren on the helicopter is weird, never heard that before.

It's good to see the emergency services work together and respond so quickly. The passengers also seemed calm and evacuated orderly.

Well done.

[wazztie16]

Very well done video