@Lezzles: Yep thats the message I saw on Twitter. Poor souls were out on the hills from 8.30pm til 1am looking
Can you point me to that tweet?
I did wonder whether it might have had anything to do with this:
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/missing-police-keen-to-trace-42-year-old-tracy-simpson-1-4665845
Even though it apparently wasn't related, I nonetheless hope that Ms Simpson turns up safe and well. (A friend of mine is insulin dependent and has caused us a few worries in the past, so this kind of story always feels a bit "close to home".)
@stiltskin: The police helicopter is often out and about.
It's not commonly out at that time of night round our way, for that length of time (I can well believe that it's more common in certain other areas of the city - naming no names).
Although it was indeed the police aircraft, the fact that it is blue/yellow doesn’t identify it. That colour scheme is standard for helicopters doing low level patrol work.
It was too far away for me to make out any identifying marks so I just assumed that the colour matching the photo on the polis Twitter page meant that it must have been theirs. I shall consider myself better informed for the future - thank you!
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