The pilot who died after his chopper crash-landed atop a Manhattan skyscraper was not licenced to fly during bad weather.
That's according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which said Tim McCormack was flying through rain and low clouds despite not being "instrument rated".
This comes amid renewed calls for tighter restrictions for New York City's airspace.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation, with some theories suggesting it came down by accident.
Thousands of Australians without power as cyclone Alfred hits
Hundreds of thousands of people in Australia's Queensland state were without power on Sunday after Alfred, a downgraded tropical cyclone, brought damaging winds and heavy rains, sparking flood warnings.
Israeli airstrike kills two in southern Gaza
An Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, medical sources said, as mediators pushed ahead with talks to extend a shaky 42-day ceasefire agreed in January between Israel and Hamas.
12 people injured in Toronto pub shooting
Toronto Police said early on Saturday they were searching for three male suspects in a shooting that injured at least 12 people at a pub in the Canadian city.
Cyclone Alfred downgraded as millions stay indoors
Ex-tropical cyclone Alfred lingered off the south-east Australian coast on Saturday and forecasters said Brisbane is likely to miss the worst of the storm, a relief for millions of residents in the region who have been staying indoors.
South Korea's President Yoon free, trials continue
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol walked out of a detention centre in Seoul on Saturday after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court decision to cancel the impeached leader's arrest warrant on insurrection charges.
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