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Old Feb 20, 2019, 9:24 am
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Originally Posted by AlwaysAisle
1977 the helicopter from JFK carrying 20 passengers arrived at the top of PanAm Building (current Met Life Building). During short turn around at the top of PanAm Building the helicopter rolled over (one of landing gear failed) resulted in fatality.

May 16, 1977 New York Airways flight 971
...and this was dramatized in the 1978 motion picture "Superman." Margot Kidder as Lois Lane plays the role of a near-fatality from the top of the tower as the helicopter misses its mark.
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