NEW YORK – In New York, a helicopter crashed into a skyscraper on Seventh Avenue, reports The New York Times. The city Fire Department reports that the helicopter fell on the roof of a skyscraper.
After falling on the roof of a skyscraper helicopter caught fire, said the fire service. Rescuers and police work at the scene. It is noted that the fire was extinguished.
Video of smoke rising from the roof of a building in Manhattan after a helicopter made a hard landing on the roof and caught fire#Manhattan #NewYork pic.twitter.com/5QFgLUKu44
— CNW (@ConflictsW) 10 июня 2019 г.
There was one man on Board the helicopter, he was killed. The police described the incident as a “hard landing.”
From the skyscraper, where the offices of the banking group BNP Paribas, Citibank and law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, evacuated people, according to CNBC.
#Breaking: Just in – Reports of a helicopter has crashed into a building in mid-town #Manhattan, New York Fire Department has responded and went out. – Developing… video Credit: @PlantBasedPapii pic.twitter.com/WRsJlwDVuz
— Sotiri Dimpinoudis (@sotiridi) 10 июня 2019 г.