The helicopter that crashed into a Manhattan building was only in the air for 11 minutes, officials said.

"At approximately 1:32 this afternoon, the helicopter took off at the 34th Street heliport and about 11 minutes later crashed across the street from where we are now," Police Commissioner James O'Neill said at a news conference.

O'Neill said the first 911 calls came in at 1:43 p.m. ET and reported a crash and a fire on top of a 54-story office building on 7th Avenue.

Helicopter shouldn't have been in the area — especially because of the proximity to the Trump Tower, New York City mayor says

New York authorities have preliminarily identified the pilot who died in today’s helicopter crash.

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