The other person killed was his flight instructor, who hadn't even filed a flight plan. Maybe NYC isn't the best place to learn to fly, but why were they wandering around skyscrapers?
The weather wasn't perfect, but he wasn't flying in a fog bank, either. "Tell me again where the big buildings are..."
This was a single-engine, 4-seater plane, not a jet. Who the h*** was flying it, a flight attendant???
We shall have to see if this becomes a Darwin Award nominee.
Sue