Ted Maul 0 Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 (edited) Two people have been killed when a small aircraft crashed into a building in New York City's affluent Upper East Side, police say. Flames and smoke are coming out of the 50-storey apartment building on Manhattan island. The FBI says there is no indication that the crash is terrorism-related. A White House spokesman said they were not ruling out any theory. As a precaution, fighter planes are now flying over a number of US cities. The New York Fire Department said the aircraft struck the 20th floor of a building on East 72nd Street and York Avenue - identified as the Belaire, a prestigious 50-storey residential tower. Witnesses told the Associated Press (AP) news agency the crash caused a loud noise, and burning and falling debris was seen. Emergency workers have rushed to the scene, while firefighters shot streams of water at the flames from the lower floors. A freelance journalist at the scene, David Cox, added there were "hundreds" of emergency workers on the ground. "It's just next door to a hospital so there's a large amount of people wearing doctor's coats and various other nurses gear standing round the street," he said. Another eyewitness told the BBC: ''The plane levelled out and then the next thing I knew it disappeared behind the building and was gone. "I said I can't believe that this is what I just saw and they kept saying it was a helicopter but it was a plane.'' A woman who lives nearby, Chris Foege, said: "I just stood there in shock, I thought 'this can't be happening to us again'. It was like 9/11 all over again," she told the AFP news agency. BBC correspondent Guto Harri in Manhattan says there are scenes of chaos on the streets, with fire engines, police cars and ambulances blocking nearby roads. Source: El Beeb http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6042306.stm Just wait until Parky gets his teeth into this over on N-O Edited October 11, 2006 by Ted Maul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20742 Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Its on Sky News now. The Duchess of York has an apparemnt next door and is there too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 I hate eyewitnesses who flock to the journalists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Its on Sky News now. The Duchess of York has an apparemnt next door and is there too and? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad-on-the-cocks 0 Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Its on Sky News now. The Duchess of York has an apparemnt next door and is there too Its a pity she wasn't hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sicklee Sausage Roll 0 Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Its on Sky News now. The Duchess of York has an apparemnt next door and is there too First it was up, it was up Then it went down, it went down. The apartment was only halfway up, it was neither up nor down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoggeordie 0 Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Yankees player confirmed dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ 0 Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Yankees player confirmed dead. Aye, it says Cory Lidle, who's a pitcher, was the pilot of the plane. Not sure of his exact age, but IIRC he'll be mid 30's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 All baseball players are terrorists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sicklee Sausage Roll 0 Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Cory Fulton Lidle: Fly, collide, to urn. Condo relit fully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Cory Fulton Lidle: Fly, collide, to urn. Condo relit fully wtf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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