Bad news
Let's pray this wasn't what I think it was.
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I am watching a live feed here:
http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/VideoPlayer/videoPlayer.php?vidId=57406&live=yes
Posted by Jack Bog | October 11, 2006 12:21 PM
According to CBS News, they haven't yet determined if it was a small plane or helicopter that crashed into the building - AND there is a heliport located close by.
Posted by Betsy | October 11, 2006 12:22 PM
I'm guessing it isn't jihadists. Much more likely to be an accident.
Posted by Don Smith | October 11, 2006 12:39 PM
It was a pretty foggy/smoggy day in the Big Apple, and so accident seems likely.
Posted by Jack Bog | October 11, 2006 12:39 PM
Just caught a snippet on the radio... eye witness refers to an airplane coming down wing low... sounds like the pilot may have stalled the aircraft trying to stretch a glide after a power failure.
Posted by Dave Lister | October 11, 2006 1:06 PM
I wonder if Emilie Oy has been taking flying lessons.
Posted by b!X | October 11, 2006 1:09 PM
She has.
Posted by Jack Bog | October 11, 2006 1:10 PM
What's really weird is what they're reporting now:
"THE PLANE THAT CRASHED INTO A MANHATTAN APARTMENT BUILDING WAS REGISTERED TO NEW YORK YANKEES PITCHER CORY LIDLE, BUT IT IS NOT KNOWN IF HE WAS ON BOARD"
Posted by Lelo | October 11, 2006 2:01 PM
NYC official says he was on board and is dead according to the NY Times.
Posted by b!X | October 11, 2006 2:04 PM
Cory Lidle
Wow. Like Thurman Munson, only different.
Posted by Chris Snethen | October 11, 2006 2:20 PM
I hope it was an accident.
Posted by Jack Bog | October 11, 2006 3:28 PM
He wasn't despondent over the Yankees' loss -- and quite outspoken about that fact. Awful accident.
Posted by Jack Bog | October 11, 2006 5:43 PM
He must have been having engine problems.
There's no other reason to have been flying so low (unless the the passenger wdidn't know how to fly).
Posted by Mister Tee | October 11, 2006 7:11 PM
The above should read:
Unless the pilot had a medical emergency that left him incapacitated (and the passenger didn't know how to fly).
Posted by Mister Tee | October 11, 2006 7:18 PM
MSNBC has the best coverage. He was flying with an instructor (and they issued a distress call) so it must have been a mechanical failure.
Ironically, the Cirrus Family of planes are designed to survive a mechanical failure, by deploying a parachute that allows it to "float" back to earth.
Posted by Mister Tee | October 11, 2006 7:30 PM
The Cirrus is indeed equipped with a parachute deployment system and such systems are available aftermarket for other light aircraft. Unfortunately they are not effective below about 1000 ft.
Posted by Dave Lister | October 12, 2006 8:05 AM