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Occurred, and obviously, this helicopter made that decision. there's also the possibility that this helicopter would have been inside the clouds at some point. and any time you're doing that, you're under instrument flight rules and it would be illegal for a pilot to do that without filing an instrument flight pan and all kinds of other rules come into play in that case. so lots of questions that are out there right now. i will say this, you know, a twin engine helicopter, i think we can take engine failure probably lower on the list. the possibility of losing two engines is pretty remote. own...

Racing up the building. you heard the governor say they're putting that out. they're making that response as the whole building is being evacuated at this point to respond to that rooftop. >> hard to imagine on a day like today you'd be sightseeing in a helicopter over manhattan. but myles o'brien is the expert in all things aviation. myles, i don't know if you're in manhattan and you've seen how hard this rain has been coming down all day long, but when you hear the governor describe it as a crash landing or what did he say, a forced landing on the roof of this building, what would be reasons...

Get help to airlift them because the winds were so high. there were wind gusts in excess of 50 miles an hour. so it is possible that the weather could have played a role here, because as we have seen and as i have seen in covering these kinds of situations, ntsb officials using handle these investigations by taking a close look at the man, the machine, and the environment. the man, of course, the pilot and how he was able to maneuver this aircraft. the machine, did it have any potential mechanical issues? and the environment. did these heavy winds that kept emergency responders from removiremo...