It took off from Atlantic City and then crashed just before noon. Tim furlong was on the scene shortly after the crash happened. You have been getting updates from authorities on the scene. Whats the latest out there right now . This was a training mission. The pilot that crashed just beyond the building did it intentionally. Flew in bad weather. Thats the kind of dangerous work this guy did for a living. It was unbelievable. Thats the noise marion heard before this medical Helicopter Crashed in the New Castle County airport. The 37yearold pilot from franklinville, new jersey, intentionally flew it here to do training in the murky weather. He was conducting approach training. Its not clear what happened in the. Chopper, but witnesses say it sounded bad while it was still up in the air. The black smoke went up high over route 13. It could be seen for quite some distance. People rushed over to try to help. They couldnt get anywhere near the wreckage. The flames were just atrocious. Ween couldnt see anything left of the airframe at haul. The pilot was training so he could be more efficient at saving other peoples lives. Even in bad weather. I want you to take a good look. These cars are parked behind the building. You can see the damage they sustained from the crash. Thats the nissan. Look at the hyundai. The entire back window is blown out. A lot of other cars are covered in mud and scratched up pretty good. Thats a Pretty Amazing thing that nobody else was hurt. The state trooper said hes no expert, but it appears this pilot threaded the needle to put the chopper down where it wasnt going to hurt anybody else. Thats what it appears like to him because its a tough spot to hit. Especially that close to the airport. Were live in new castle, tim furlong, nbc 10 news. Our coverage of the deadly Helicopter Crash continues in the next half hour. All new at 5 30, we take a closer look at this type of Helicopter Training and why its so necessary. Now to a developing story, a gas leak has been contained in an industrial park. The gas leaks intoed air. They were forced to within a half mile. No homes were affected. Were going to do an monitoring to make sure the buildings are secure and safe. Nbc 10s lauren mayk is staying on top of the story. At 6 00 how crews were able to cut through the thick cloud of gas to secure that leak. To weather now. After a day that started with rain, were bracing for something Even Stronger tonight. People were doing the best to dodge the drops this morning. A live look at cape may. No rain falling, but were bracing for storms tonight. You see the loan person on the beach. The waves are rocking. Were going to switch to the first alert radar. The system is building and building strength as it aims at our region. Tammie souza joins us. They mainly have been to the south where we have seen severe thunderstorm warnings taking pla place. Right now were starting to see some activity pop here thats a bit more intense. From dover all the way up to washington through quinton, these are cells that will have intense lightning and downpours and maybe a little hail. Watch out all of this is now beginning to move off to the north and the east as it rotate ts around the main body of the storm system. You can see as they are moving in our direction, these gold boxes are severe thunderstorm warnings. These are for 60 mile an hour winds. And hail up to an inch in size. We could possibly see something pop as it makes its way in our direction. The cells are intensifying. And they are not diminishing as they head toward philadelphia area. Stronger storms by 7 00. Then were going to be watching where they have that gas leak because look what happens. 8 00, they could be looking at lightning in that area. That was something they were concerned about. The entire area up to philadelphia at 10 00 tonight could be looking at some pretty gusty storms. So be aware of that. Youre going to hear the booms of thunder out there. Take it easy on the roads were going to see the 50s across the area. 59 in philadelphia. When i come back, talk about your holiday weekend. You can track the rain and storms with the live radar. All new at 5 00 with memorial day weekend upon, there are new warnings signs up at a shore spot with a deadly path. Those signs warnings people of a risk thats in the water. They are now up at the inlet beach in North Wildwood. Its the same area people have drown in recent years. As Ted Greenberg reports, theres some that say the signs arent enough. Reporter the warnings along North Wildwood unprotected beach now come with Even Stronger wording. Sudden issen drop off, dead lly currents, a real risk of drowning. I have never seen anything like it. Reporter a dozen updated signs went up this month. The message is very clear. Do not enter the Atlantic Ocean unless theres a lifeguard present. Reporter its the same area where a 54yearold was swept out to sea and drown in 2012. His family says hed been walking in ankle deep water when the sand sudden ly collapsed frm an underwater landslide of sorts. The result of how water flows in and out of the inlet. The city didnt go far enough with their sign. The family is fighting in court to have the beach closed. Their lawyer thinks the signs should look like this and warn people have drowned in these waters. No swimming, wading, walking or fishing. Let them know its a kill er beach. Reporter this attorney points to reports from leading exports in geology who believe the city signs dont provide adequate warning about the hazard that remains here. Its definitely going to happen again. We just dont know when. Reporter the mayor says the Atlantic Ocean overall is a wilderness and dangerous place. But he insists shutting down this beach is not the answer. To close off all wildlife areas and natural areas to everybody is just unrealistic and unreasonable. A Court Decision on whether to make the beach off little limits is expected soon. In the meantime, new warnings that some say should be even more alarming. Ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. Jurors weighing the evidence in the d. J. Murder trial are spending their second full day behind closed doors. They are deciding whether or not to find him guilty in the death of his son brendon. Today the jury listened to the 911 calls to police and watched a Video Showing Police interrogate him. They also listened to a secretly recorded conversation between d. J. And brendans mother. He believes that spirits could have drawn brendan to the park where he was found dead. Jurors will not return for deliberations until tuesday. An update now to a breaking news story we first brought you last night at 11 00. Police have identified the suspect in a standoff and attempted robbery at a cv. He faces a his of charges. Police say he forced a manager to open a safe and took cash just before 10 00 last night. Police say he hid in a storage room where the s. W. A. T. Team arrived. He surrendered an hour and a half later. They found a weapon nearby. A moment of silence in manchester, england, to other the victims of mondays bombing. The blast killed 22 people and injured more than 60 others at a concert. Tonight more arrests, increased security and new information in the investigation. Jacqueline london joins us live in the news center with the updates. The investigation into the deadly blast is widening. Police used controlled exemployees is overnight and led to the arrest of two men. A total of eight people are in custody in connection with the deadly bombing. The bomber died in mondays concert blast. Tonight a sign of increased security in england too for the very first time armed officers patrolled some trains in the uk. Officials are said to be upset about leaked photos of what is left of 9 suspects bomb. The New York Times obtained the pictures in Response Police say they will stop sharing intelligence details with the u. S. The citys mayor supports the decision saying u. S. Officials have hampered the investigation. Its wrong, arrogant and disrespectful, but mainly to the families of those who lost loved ones. President trump called the leaks deeply troubling. Hes ordered the Justice Department and other agencies to launch a full review. Meanwhile Queen Elizabeth visited Childrens Hospital to meet some of theest survivor asks their families. The 91yearold called the bombing dreadful and wicked. 12 children under the age of 16 were taken to the hospital. Officials say manchester hospitals are still treating 75 people after mondays attack. 23 are in critical condition. In the breaking news center, jacqueline london, nbc 10 news. Coverage of the terror in n manchester continues on nbc nightly news with lester holt ahead at 6 30. A month ri county man charged in a hitandrun crash with a school bus that sent kids to the hospital. Why investigators say he took off from that scene. And a Daring Rescue caught on camera. How the coast guard battled wicked weather to pull a a man to safety. Special deliveries, why officers are being honored for their help in a bucks county baby boom. Election assault, the recording thats put an unknown politician in the national spotlight. Tonight were learning hes no straj stranger to our area. Continuing coverage from delaware. A 37yearold pilot is dead after a crash near New Castle County airport. The pilot was involved in training exercises. It was a medical helicopter, which is the air ambulance service. A live report from the scene is coming up at 5 30. The republican candidate in montana accused of body slamming a reporter is facing charges tonight. Theres a local connection. He graduated from Upper Marion High School in the late 70s. He was ahead in the polls and is now charged with misdemeanor assault. Hes running for the u. S. House. The election is today. A reporter for the guardian says he got physical when he asked him a question about health care. Take a listen. I am sick and tired of you guys. You did the same thing. Get the hell out of here. He says hes the victim. A spokesperson is blaming the quote, aggressive behavior of a a liberal journalist. That reporter spoke to msnbc the phone today. Its very strange and mortifying because i dont mind being blown off by politicians and also uncomfortable being part of a story. And now it seems like that became the story. Paul ryan is urging him to apologize, but hes not asking him u to step down. He said let the voters decide. Democrats are demanding he withdraw. Polls are open now. Well know later tonight the voters decide. In brussels today President Trump is telling countries to shell out more money for defense. The president is pushing leaders to live up to a 2011 decision to increase spend iing article 5. They promise to give aid to any member country that is attacked. Philadelphia has fallen. The city of brotherly love has slipped in the ranks. It is no longer in the top five largest cities. The population continues to grow, but not as much as phoenix chrks that has moved ahead to become the fifth largest. We are now number six. Pay tribute to world war i veterans. They shared biographies of two soldiers. The event ended with a wreath laying ceremony. Returning to the forecast now, we have Team Coverage from the first alert weather center. Glenn schwartz is breaking down the all important holiday weekend. We begin with meteorologist tammie souza and storms that are moving our way tonight. We have them right here in the area. Lets get to it. You can see the line of storms stretching from dover up to the philadelphia area. Lets go in a little closer. These have intense lightning and downpours and small hail has been noted with these. They are going to continue moving off to the north and the east. And behind them, more storm moving in. Lets take a look. Philadelphia, you are looking now at the heavier rain beginning to move into the area. We are locking at the same thing. We dont really have anything in cherry hill yet. We get down to wul witch, were looking at steady rain and lightning there. Were looking at heavy rain. E we head into delaware. Dover, nothing right now. Its going to move into south jersey. These are the initial cells moving through the area. You can see off across the d. C. Area and parts of maryland and even virginia, they are severe thunderstorm warnings and thats for 60 mile an hour winds. Theres a lot of intense lightning with the line thats staying together. This is not weakening. Back here is the main body. Its the swirl in the atmosphere that gets things going. That provides a little lift. And so were going to go hour by hour and give you an idea of whats going to go on. We have east winds coming in. But from the south, we have the winds coming in. That kraets the lift. Look at what happened at 9 30 tonight over philadelphia. Perhaps some gusty and strong storms then. We are looking at the winds sort of piling up. When everything comes into one area, it has nowhere to go. Thats whats going to happen. Were going to e see a a charged atmosphere its light rain showers. Then tomorrow we have a west wind. We start to warm up. We may even get some sunshine out there. Perhaps an isolated shower, but thats about it. Nothing too shabby. We head into tomorrow night and things are all quiet. Now its here that were going to have Glenn Schwartz take over for the holiday weekend. I dont expect any rounds of such storms like tonight. Were starting tomorrow morning here. We have kind of a mix of clouds and sun during the day on friday. Not predicting any kind of rain. Some places especially delaware will e see more sunshine. Then we go into saturday. And there may be a few showers on saturday. Southern portions of the area and then sunday we wait until sunday night to see some of the showers. It may look a little more ominous in the forecast than were going to be seeing because if you get rain on sunday, it would be very late in the day or at night. Most of the day is dry. Its not going to be especially warm. Then it should be warmer. Well get at least some pejre. We do expect some showers and even some thunderstorms to form during the day as well. Then as we head into next week, things start to dry out a little bit. We have had quite a wet may. And we need to dry out. Theres memorial day at 81. Tuesday could end up being the warmest day. We still could see some showers then. Wednesday, thursday, friday, actually we have three days in a row predicting basically dry weather. And that hasnt happened in quite awhile. Keeping you safe in the sun. Philadelphia mayor and other Health Officials are keeping up to strike out mel know na. They announced the ray project today. It involves installing sunscreen dispensers in parks, schools and beaches to prevent skin cancer. New video from long wood gardens as it gets ready to unveil the newly renovated fountain garden this weekend. Water now shoots 15 feet into the air after five years and 90 million. The fountain garden opens on saturday. Performances art is at 1 00. Silencing music in schools. All new at 5 00, why some educators say theres no racial equality when it comes to the arts 37. And its the rare bacteria you have never heard of. Why the girl in this viral video is now undergoing intense medical treatment. Tires have a new home. Midas now sells great brands at great prices. Get 100 off instantly on select goodyear and cooper tires through may 31st. Find your tires online. Trust the midas touch. Big news out of south philadelphia. Thats what we learned today guns and roses will be rocking this fall. They introduced us to the jungle are laying the Wells Fargo Center in october. Mark it on your calendar. Tickets for the tour go on sale next saturday at 10 00 a. M. On the Wells Fargo Center website. The 2017 season begins tomorrow in allentown. The bumper cars always a fan favorite there. New this year is called the kaleidoscope. The circular ride sends people on a counterclockwise trip of weightlessness. It was a welt start to the horse show. All the rain made the crowd a little thin. The stands are covered, but the wind kept people from staying dry. The horses didnt seem to mind at all. Wet weather did not impact the day events. The competition went on as planned. The horse show runs through june 4th. A pilot dies in a crash. New at 5 00, nbc 10 is digging into the kind of training the pilot was doing when the helicopter went down. Its the video you cant forget. Why the girl snatched by a sea lion is getting treatment. And show no fear. All new at 5 55, the brave grandparents that faced a a newly refurbished roller coaster head on. This weekend is one of the busiest beer drinking holidays of the year. Coming up, how beer is is pouring big money into the local economy one sip at a time. Flames and smoke, a pilot is killed in a crash when his helicopter goes down during a training mission. Nbc 10 is Digging Deeper into what kind of training it was. It was a 37yearold from franklinville. The helicopter was operated by Metro Aviation chrks flies for the university of Pennsylvania Health system. The hospitelicopter took off fre Atlantic City airport. It crashed in new castle around noon just a mile and a half away from the airport. This is a picture of the helicopter that wept down today. Nbc 10 is looking into what kind of training that pilot was doing when the helicopter went down. E she joins us live from the crash scene. Reporter nbc 10 learned that the medical pilot was training in bad weather to prepare for emergency situations. Our aviation expert says thats a requirement for him to keep his license current. It shook the whole building. You could feel it. We knew something was up. Reporter cell phone video captured theafter math of a helicopter that crashed into a Drainage Ditch behind the u. S. Post offices new castle distribution facility. When we walked through the door, we saw this big flame and we just looked over at the flame and the fire was just out of control. Police say the 37yearold pen