Helicopter crashes into roof of building in midtown Manhattan

CNBC ^ | 06-10-2019 | Staff

[Red Badger]

Key Points

A helicopter crashed in midtown Manhattan on Monday afternoon. The crash occurred near West 51st Street and Seventh Avenue, on the north end of Times Square. A spokeswoman for the New York Police Department told CNBC the number of possible injuries is unknown.

[TomGuy]

CBSN

Weather could have the cause of ‘hard landing’.

Fire situation on roof where helo landed.

[kjam22]

That would be poetic....

[Beagle8U]

The Iowa voters aren’t ready for a big city genius like De Blasio./sarc

[central_va]

They auto gyrate.

[frank ballenger]

It could have crashed beside the building and killed dozens on the street below.

Prayers for those involved.

[georgiegirl]

My first thought..

[Red Badger]

.....UNTIL THEY STOP..............

[b4its2late]

Yes, hard landing on the pad on top.

[ScottinVA]

In Manhattan, where the locals erected “Deplorables keep out” signs.

Couldn’t care less what happens there.

[TomServo]

Yeah - everybody is attempting to be the Daily Mail these days.

[momincombatboots]

In a city? Seems dangerous to not have other eyes watching for danger.

[central_va]

Helicopter = 1,000 moving parts flying in close formation around a hydraulic leak.

[b4its2late]

He was in front of the camera’s within 10 minutes of it happening. Probably just drives around mid town looking for stuff to do. He should be in Albany.

[central_va]

Autorotation is a state of flight in which the main rotor system of a helicopter or similar aircraft turns by the action of air moving up through the rotor, as with an autogyro, rather than engine power driving the rotor.[1][2][3] The term autorotation dates to a period of early helicopter development between 1915 and 1920, and refers to the rotors turning without the engine.[4] It is analogous to the gliding flight of a fixed-wing aircraft.

[VanDeKoik]

Nope.

But 9-11 still has me wincing whenever there is a low-flying plane. So it’s almost like I’m just expecting another one or something.

[Red Badger]

Yep.................

[central_va]

Helos don’t really fly what is actually happening is the ground is rejecting it.

[Afterguard]

Lol! I think thats autorotate. I autogyrate when I take a straight shot of Scotch.

[a little elbow grease]

De Blasio back from his failed run for potus>

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lol

[Red Badger]

Last time I flew on a helicopter, it had two rotors......................of course it was in the Marine Corps...............

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Vertol_CH-46_Sea_Knight