The helicopter pilot who died when his craft crash-landed atop a New York City high-rise on Monday was not licensed to be in the air during bad weather, officials said. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations require pilots to have an instrument rating when flying through poor weather conditions and pilot Timothy McCormack did not have that rating, FAA officials told Fox News on Tuesday. McCormack was the only death reported from the crash on top of the 750-foot AXA Equitable building in Midtown Manhattan. A spokesman for the NTSB told Fox News earlier Tuesday that it would not be able to confirm whether the craft in the video was, in fact, the one that crashed. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPFAA records showed that McCormack was a certified instructor and commercial helicopter pilot, but air traffic controllers did not handle his flight, FAA officials told Fox News.

Source: Fox News June 11, 2019 19:06 UTC