Riverside Park's Unexpected Helicopter Landing

Published: July 29, 2007, 10:45 am

A helicopter operated by Liberty helicopters, a tour company, was forced to make a precautionary landing in Riverside Park yesterday morning at 10AM. No one was on the ground when the chopper touched down at a baseball field near West 79th Street, and no one on the helicopter was injured. The culprit turned out to be smoke from a broken light bulb, according to the Daily News and Newsday, but the NY Times describes it as "engine trouble." When the chopper lifted off around 11AM, it was followed by a police helicopter. Liberty Helicopters is the same company whose helicopter crashed into the Hudson River earlier this month. When Newsday called Liberty for a comment, a man said, "I have no idea what you're talking about" and hung up. This comes a day after the horrific crash of two Phoenix news choppers that were following a police chase. WNBC's Chopper 4 reporter Dan Rice wrote about the crash; he says, "Yes, there is no bigger thrill in this job than beating the other

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