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Old October 11th, 2006, 15:42   #20
wheelsup
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Default Re: Aircraft crashes into building in NYC

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Originally Posted by vheissu View Post
Perhaps weather related?? Visibility looks horrible.

Current METAR
KJFK 111851Z 07011G19KT 8SM OVC015 18/13 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP118 T01780133
Yeah, 8 miles to see a building...

It looks like he/she was at the end of the VFR cutout, and making the turn back south. No need to be in contact with ATC at that point as long as you are below 1100' or 500', I forget. There's a cutout that goes up the east river up to the north tip of FDR Island.
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