To enter that vicinity, de Blasio said, the pilot would have needed approval from the air traffic control tower at LaGuardia Airport across the East River in Queens, "and we need to find out if that happened." He said it was not clear why the helicopter was flying, referring to the poor weather and visibility. It was raining heavily at the time of the crash.Ī key mystery in the crash is why the Agusta A109E was flying at all in a rainstorm in tightly controlled airspace above midtown Manhattan. from the 34th Street Heliport, located on the East River, and crashed 11 minutes later. New York City Police Commissioner James O'Neill said preliminary information indicated the chopper was privately owned and had taken off at 1:32 p.m. So as soon as you hear an aircraft hit a building, I think my mind goes where every New Yorker's mind goes," Cuomo said. And I remember that morning all too well. "If you're a New Yorker, you have a level of PTSD, right, from 9/11. 11 attacks, though officials said there were no indications it was related to terrorism. The crash, close to both Rockefeller Center and Times Square, sent rescue vehicles swarming to the building and immediately evoked memories of the Sept. This photo released by the New York City Fire Department shows damage caused by the helicopter crash on the roof of the AXA Equitable building.
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