[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] A helicopter crashed onto the rooftop of a 51-story building in Midtown Manhattan on Monday afternoon and burst into flames. Only one person was aboard the aircraft when it crashed on the roof of 787 Seventh Avenue at 51st Street at 1:43 p.m, city officials said. That person was reported to have been killed, according to two city officials. A police official characterized the incident as a “hard landing.’’

Source: New York Times June 10, 2019 18:13 UTC