The National Transportation Safety Board said in its report on the skyscraper crash that the pilot felt he only had a '20-minute window to make it out.'
NEW YORK — The pilot killed this month when his helicopter hit the roof of a New York City skyscraper in rain and fog said before lifting off from a Manhattan heliport that radar showed a"20-minute window to make it out," according to an investigative report released Tuesday.
Onlookers watch the scene after a helicopter crashed on top of a building in Midtown Manhattan on June 10, 2019.The helicopter moved erratically during the 11-minute flight, changing course and altitude several times before making a sweeping turn and flying to within 500 feet of the midtown Manhattan heliport, investigators said in the preliminary report, citing tracking data for the June 10 flight.
The preliminary report did not include any conclusions about the cause of the crash, but the details it contained pointed to the strong likelihood that foul weather played a role in the crash. It also raised the possibility that the helicopter was descending rapidly when it hit the roof. McCormack continuously checked weather conditions on his tablet computer for about two hours before deciding to take off, the report said, and just before leaving told heliport staff about seeing a window to fly.
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