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Landing in, i mean it was in the clouds. you couldnt even see the top of it from the ground. >> reporter: yeah, this was a miserable day in new york. pnd apparently, he was at the 34th street helicopter pad on the east side of the city, waiting and waiting to take off. and he, apparently, decided that it was the time to go, and he was able to take off and move out and they were able to sort of track him. anderson? >> and what about the helicopters flight path? because the mayor was saying its ve...

Many dozens, if not more people injured and killed. >> do we know why the pilot decided to take off when he did? because the cloud ceiling was very low today. that building that he ended up landing in, i mean it was in the clouds. you couldnt even see the top of it from the ground. >> reporter: yeah, this was a miserable day in new york. apparently, he was at the 34th street helicopter pad on the east side of the city, waiting and waiting to take off. and he, apparently, decided that it was the ...

Flight path. they can track that from the moment it took off to the moment it landed on the building. we only know that one person died. a horrible accident. is there more? >> you laid it out perfectly. stay with me. we have a little more color from a local reporter just on the scene moments ago. lets watch this together. >> were starting to talk to people working in the bidding when this happened. i talked to one gentleman working on the 7th floor. this is about a 54-story building. he did not ...

And again, a lot of questions about, was there a mayday call? was there a sort of flight path it was -- this pilot was supposed to go on? and then went a different path. these are all major questions that investigators are looking into. and i know anderson was talking about the visibility on the ground. its difficult -- well, just, lets keep in mind, that new york city is full of cameras. anytime an investigation gets started, authorities go directly to those cameras to answer some questions. an...

Have now seen is that he flew from the heliport there from the helipad and went south on the east side. he went around battery park, came up north on the west side of manhattan, up the hudson river. and somewhere around the 40s on the west side, something starts to go wrong. and then the helicopter heads inland. and then, obviously, moments later he crashes into the building. they dont know why yet. that is the big mystery, as to what was going on around the 40s that all of a sudden caused him t...

Hour. he agreed this video is probably the video of this helicopter pilot flying around before it crashed into the rooftop of this skyscraper. another picture we have, still picture of what we believe was the helicopter. this is the actual one that flew and crashed. you can see the utter destruction of this helicopter. erratic flying, no communications with any of the controllers. what does that tell you? >> i dont believe he was trying to land on the top of that building. he crashed into t its ...

A sigh of relief as it comes to whether this was malicious. this would have been a whole lot worse. one thing that really stood out for me is former fbi agents spend countless hours aboard fixed wing and helicopter aircraft. you get out of that as it relates to security precautions and were constantly told when it comes to a fixed wing versus a helicopter, the helicopter has such less margin for error. and a fixed wing aircraft, the flight path is longer where a pilot could look for an airfield ...

Arrival of ntsb and other agencies. >> police commissioner jimmy oneil. >> thanks, mr. mayor. at 1:43 this afternoon, the first 911 calls came in reporting a crash at a fire atop 787 7th avenue, right across the street, and thats a 54-story office building. emergency personnel responded as dan nigro said very quickly and fdny personnel put out the fire. we have one fatality, an individual that is believed to be the pilot of a privately owned helicopter. at approximately 1:32 this afternoon, the ...

Took off and only nine or ten minutes later had obviously seemingly tried to touch down and land on top of a building. >> yeah, thats right, jake. its almost as if what officials didnt say is telling a lot, right? at this point, again, they reiterate that its preliminary in the investigation. but they didnt talk about the fact that there was, you know, the communication that was going on with laguardia. they didnt talk about where this helicopter was supposed to be going. its flight path or anyt...

Twitter. and you can see the helicopter. it is, as the mayor said, its obliterated, entirely gone. there you see it there. so the thing burned. it burned down and that kind of made it a little difficult for investigators to determine if anyone else was inside the helicopter. once they started talking to ac realized that the and other only person inside was the pilot and thats why they were pretty confident that he was the only person that sadly died. but obviously, big question is, how did this ...