New York City Fire Department is responding to a helicopter crash on the roof of a skyscraper in midtown Manhattan. The Fire Department said the helicopter appears to have crash-landed on the top of the tower, not far from Rockefeller Centre and Times Square.
On Monday, a helicopter crash-landed on the roof of a 54-story skyscraper on Seventh Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York. After crashing, the helicopter caught fire and people were evacuated from the building.
The New York City Rescue Service reported that due to rain and poor visibility, the helicopter had crashed while attempting to land on the building’s helicopter pad.
The fire on the roof of the building was quickly extinguished.