A helicopter fell into a 51-story skyscraper in Manhattan, New York.
The broadcaster “CBSN” reports that the pilot Tim McCormack is dead. Normally, due to the bad weather conditions, no helicopter should have been in the air today and there is also a no-fly area around the Trump Tower, the broadcaster reports.
A video shows the helicopter swaying in the air
The incident occurred at 2 p.m. local time in fog and rain. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the helicopter tried to make an emergency landing on the skyscraper roof. A fire broke out, but the fire brigade got under control with 100 emergency services.
At the time of the crash, the rain clouds were so low that the tops of the skyscrapers could not be seen. Except for the pilot, nobody is said to have been on board.
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The building on which the helicopter tried to make an emergency landingFoto: New York Daily News/Getty Images
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Zach Escalante, a computer programmer, was working on the third floor of the AXA Equitable Building on 7th Avenue and 51st Street at the time of the crash. He said to the “New York Post“:” We felt the building move. “
The White House announced that US President Donald Trump had been informed of the crash. The FAA said it was collecting information about the incident.
In his brief statement, Governor Cuomo was also asked about the attacks of September 11, 2001, when terrorists steered planes into the World Trade Center in New York, among other places. There is no evidence that it is a similar incident, said the governor.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio seems to assume that the pilot himself is largely responsible for the crash. De Blasio told CNN that he had seen a video circulating on the Internet that showed an unpredictable flying helicopter.
“It looked like the pilot was acting very unpredictably. It just didn’t look like there was a mechanical problem on his route. ”But he also admitted that personal or health problems with the pilot could have led to the crash.
But nothing is known yet. According to initial findings, the pilot was considered experienced. Mainly he flew business people.
The route taken by the helicopter was also strange. This had apparently made a U-turn on his way towards the southern tip of Manhattan and flew back over the center of the city. According to de Blasio, he would have needed a permit for this, especially because the strictly sealed off Trump Tower is located there …
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