Aircraft crashes into New York building

[chken]

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NEW YORK — A small airplane crashed into a 50-story residential building on Manhattan's East Side. Authorities are saying it was an accident.

[Metz]

yep. registered to Yankees man daw ang plane. I dont know if its a player though. Ang passport nakit-an sa road.

[chad_tukes]

Fiery crash kills Yankees pitcher

Two die when small plane hits N.Y. high-rise
Yankees confirm pitcher Cory Lidle killed
Team owner: A terrible and shocking tragedy
Flight restrictions imposed around crash site


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

[boxingfan529]

hmmmn... sa kadaghan nga building didto sa NY city, naa jud maigo kung naay mag engine trouble nga eroplano.

[Chipmunk888]

4 confirmed died

[godCode]

ahak RIP sa victims... we'll at least confirmed na dili ni terrorist attack but just an accident...

[obemon]

^^So it was indeed an accident. I thought he committed suicide after their lost to Detroit.

[kiwiboy]

Lidle's passport was found in the street below the crash. Federal Aviation Administration records also show that the plane was registered to the athlete, who got his pilot's license earlier this year during the off-season.

The crash also killed another person who has yet to be named, according to reports.

During an interview with the paper, the baseball player brushed off safety concerns about his new hobby. "The whole plane has a parachute on it," Lidle said. "Ninety-nine percent of pilots that go up never have engine failure, and the 1 percent that do usually land it. But if you're up in the air and something goes wrong, you pull that parachute, and the whole plane goes down slowly."

[kiwiboy]

A law enforcement official told the Associated Press that the plane had issued a distress call before the crash. The official said it was unknown whether Lidle was at the controls.

The small private plane took off at 2:30 p.m. and circled the Statue of Liberty, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a press conference Wednesday evening. He said air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane as it neared the 59th Street Bridge. The plane crashed into the 20th floor of The Belaire, a residential building on 72nd street, around 2:42 p.m.

[--Makoy--]

tragic..