"Why was a plane able to fly over New York?"

A [the] minimum altitude must be high enough to allow you to
maneuver and land safely if the engine fails and never lower
than 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle/building within
2,000 feet laterally.

Helicopters [and Helio Couriers] can land in very small
areas, a faster airplane might need a big empty parking lot.


"Emily" wrote in message
. ..
| Dylan Smith wrote:
| On 2006-10-13,
wrote:
| snip
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| You also have to remember, certainly in the US - many
pilots simply
| illegally fly over the cities (not being able to even
remotely meet
| 14 CFR 91.119 (a)).
|
| How does flying over a city violate that FAR?