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Plane Crashes into New York Building.

Turn on the news. Watch it.
Plane hits new york
NOt a terrorist attack yet.

dunno

unpdate.
Single engine fixed wing aircraft
2 fatalities so far

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If it was a terrorist attack, it was a -very- stupid one. Maybe it was like that one down in Tampa (or was it Orlando), with the stupid kid killed himself?

I mean, geeze, put some explosives in there or something. Have them spill out into the street.

Either an accident (in NY? HAH!), or just another person who decided to commit suicide, and missed the ground.

Latest update says that the plane was owned by New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle. They believe he may have been the one flying the plane when it crashed but as of now it is still unproven either way.

Damn, what an absolutely insane story.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/11/plane.crash/index.html

Quote:

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle was the sole person aboard the plane that crashed Wednesday into a high-rise apartment building in New York, FBI officials told CNN.

Emergency responders found his passport in the street below, the officials said.

The small airplane was a Cirrus SR-20 registered to Lidle, 34, said Yankees manager Joe Torre.(Watch witness accounts of cascading fireballs and a plane split in half -- 1:58 Video)

There was a mayday, FAA reports, from the pilot involving a problem with fuel before the aircraft crashed into the 50-story high-rise on Manhattan's East Side.

One other person was reportedly killed, according to the New York City Fire Department and New York City Police Department.

Flames shot out from several windows midway up the luxury high-rise in a residential neighborhood. Paramedics and rescue workers are treating people on the ground.

The Federal Aviation Administration described the plane as a "general aviation" fixed-wing aircraft flying under visual flight rules, meaning a pilot was flying by visual landmarks. (Watch the orange flames ravage the apartment -- 1:50)

The plane hit the Belaire Condominiums at 524 E. 72nd Street near the East River. More than 150 firefighters are on scene of a four-alarm fire in the building.

Immediately after the crash NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) said it had put fighter aircraft into the air over numerous U.S. cities, though they said they had no reason to believe the event in New York was anything more than an accident, sources told CNN's Barbara Starr. NORAD did the same thing after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

NORAD Admiral Timothy Keating told CNN within an hour after the crash that the agency believed terrorism was not involved.

Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs New York area airports said he had "no idea where [the plane] came from."

"We haven't heard from any of our facilities that anything's missing," said Coleman.

New York City government source told CNN there are "no indications of terrorism."

The FAA placed a one-mile flight restriction around the site of the crash, but New York area airports were not affected.

A senior U.S. official in Washington said the administration was waiting for more information.

Witness Henry Neimark, who is also a pilot, said he saw a plane flying at relatively low altitude which seemed to come from LaGuardia International Airport.

"It looked to me in retrospect that this was a pilot desperately trying to get back to the airport and land safely on a runway," he said.

"The fire was raging out of two windows," witness Sarah Steiner told CNN. "It looks like the plane just flew into someone's living room."

Steiner said fires were burning on the ground. "It looks like the plane just flew into someone's living room there."

"It looks as if the aircraft didn't go into the building but fell down," she said. "It may be part of the debris burning on the ground."

Video from the scene shows at least three apartments in the high-rise engulfed in flames.

So, that whole "NYC is much safer than 5 years ago" thing is complete bullshit now, huh? If a small plane carrying a pitcher for the Yankees can hit a high rise building, then what's stopping a jet from creating another 9/11?

This crash has soo many political implications, that it's probably a gift from god to the democrats. I mean, who will vote for the republicans when they stated for years that they made NYC safer, due to no more attacks? Sure, this isn't terrorist related, but it's still fucking scary as all hell.

What was the first thing that came to all of your minds when you first heard this story? That's right. Another 9/11. That was everyones response.

Rest in Peace, Mr. Cory Lidle. May you forever fly with the angels...

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It's a bit different from having an accident, and slamming a small plane slam into a building, to having a jetliner be hijacked, and then slammed into a building.

I'm not getting your connection here, man.

And no, it wasn't my first response. But then again, I think we've gone over it again and again I'm hardly your average person.

And it's not scary at all, geeze. No, you're just acting scared because you can, because you're told that you should be.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dposse

This crash has soo many political implications, that it's probably a gift from god to the democrats. I mean, who will vote for the republicans when they stated for years that they made NYC safer, due to no more attacks? Sure, this isn't terrorist related, but it's still fucking scary as all hell.

... No one ever claimed they built some anti-plane/missile shield over NYC. They say it's safer because of increased security in public places such as airports, and on air planes. This should not be turned into a political issue, and shame on any party that tries.

And Ryanderman says what I should have been trying to say.

Damn.

Oh well, Ryanderman, can I buy that post for five bucks?

Anyways, as a... interesting sidenote, they verified that it was the Yankee's pitcher (no, I canneremeber his name)

What does this mean for the Yanks?

Quote:

Originally Posted by dposse

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/11/plane.crash/index.html

So, that whole "NYC is much safer than 5 years ago" thing is complete bullshit now, huh? If a small plane carrying a pitcher for the Yankees can hit a high rise building, then what's stopping a jet from creating another 9/11?

This crash has soo many political implications, that it's probably a gift from god to the democrats. I mean, who will vote for the republicans when they stated for years that they made NYC safer, due to no more attacks? Sure, this isn't terrorist related, but it's still fucking scary as all hell.

What was the first thing that came to all of your minds when you first heard this story? That's right. Another 9/11. That was everyones response.

Rest in Peace, Mr. Cory Lidle. May you forever fly with the angels...

This crash has no political implications. A sports star, crashed a private jet, into a building, causing minimal damage. This falls into the "shit happens" category. Could have happened to anybody.

What it means for the Yanks is that not only did they get whomped on by the Tigers, but their next season is probably finished too.

Anyways, I don't think this means anything in regards to NYC's safety. Seriously, does the city need anti-aircraft weapons in the event of another mass terrorist attack? I can't imagine that Al Qaeda would try the same thing twice so soon. As a global terror ring, you think they'd be a bit more intelligent than that.

All this boils down to is a tragedy that could've been prevented if the FAA had a longer flight hours requirement for the issuing of a pilot's license. From what I heard, the guy had been flying for less than a year. Maybe a bit more training should be required of our pilots?