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In 1977, Five Were Killed In Helicopter Accident Atop Midtown's Pan Am Building
This week, a helicopter crash-landed on a roof in Midtown, killing the pilot; while pieces of the copter fell below to the streets, no one below was injured.
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For some, the incident called to mind a deadlier helicopter accident that happened at a Manhattan tower over four decades ago.
On May 16th, 1977, a New York Airways helicopter killed five people in Manhattan. While it did not crash, it did tip over as it sat idling on the heliport atop the Pan Am Building (now the MetLife Building, at 200 Park Ave) in Midtown.
This caused the aircraft to come apart—as it tipped over a large rotor blade snapped off and, as the NY Times described it the next day, "slashed people to death before coming to rest 59 stories below and a block away on Madison Avenue." The first four victims were on the roof, the fifth was on the street below.
Others suffered non-fatal injuries.
In the NYT account, they report that