By Megan Sheets For Dailymail.com
Published: 19:07 BST, 10 June 2019 | Updated: 19:59 BST, 10 June 2019
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A pilot has died after a helicopter crash landed into a building in Midtown Manhattan, NYPD officials confirmed.
Emergency crews responded to the incident at 787 Seventh Ave just before 2pm Monday as thick rain blanketed the area.
Smoke was seen billowing from the top of the 54-story building as police ordered the evacuation of several structures in the area as a precaution.
FDNY officials confirmed the fire has been extinguished, and emergency personnel were working to control fuel leaking from the aircraft.
The pilot killed has not been named, and authorities have not said whether anyone else was on board. No additional injuries have been reported.
It remains unclear who owns the helicopter or why it would have been trying to land on that building, which does not have a landing pad.
A helicopter crashed into a building in Midtown Manhattan, NYPD officials confirmed Monday
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo arrived on the scene soon after and said the number of people on the helicopter
