The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on the 11th that pilot who lost their lives in the crash in New York on the 10th did not have the qualification to fly in bad weather.

The Air Traffic Control Bureau said that the pilot of the crash, Timothy McCormack, did not pass the skill test of the relevant instruments, that is, it could not use the instruments that measure the flight direction and inclination of the aircraft, which is flying under low visibility conditions. Required.

Former flight accident survey expert Al Youman said in an interview with the media that if the driver can not use those instruments in bad weather conditions, he can not accurately grasp the flight attitude.

McCormack’s helicopter crashed on the roof of a building in Midtown Manhattan, New York, on the afternoon of the 10th, and McCormack was killed on the spot. It was raining in New York at that time and it was very foggy. A preliminary investigation by the New York police showed that the cause of the helicopter crash was likely to be a forced landing failure. There are no other passengers on board except the pilot.