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#74721 - 10/11/06 07:30 PM AT 15:30: Aircraft into building - 524 East 72
MartinFocazio Offline

Pooh-Bah

Registered: 01/21/03
Posts: 2203
Loc: Bucks County PA
New York City. No indications that it was a terrorist attack.
Cell phone service in the area is not working.

News channels live now.

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#74722 - 10/11/06 07:39 PM Re: AT 15:30: Aircraft into building - 524 East 72
JIM Offline
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Registered: 03/18/06
Posts: 1032
Loc: The Netherlands
Yep, they say it was a small airplane. Not being tracked by Norad or FAA

Hopefully it was just a accident....
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#74723 - 10/11/06 07:43 PM Re: AT 15:30: Aircraft into building - 524 East 72
Malpaso Offline
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Registered: 09/12/05
Posts: 817
Loc: MA
I've heard that it was a traffic helicopter. That's just rumor at this point though.
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#74724 - 10/11/06 07:48 PM Re: AT 15:30: Aircraft into building - 524 East 72
Xterior Offline
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Registered: 06/25/05
Posts: 148
Let's hope it's indeed an unfortunate accident. Tragic none the less. <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

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#74725 - 10/11/06 08:01 PM Re: AT 15:30: Aircraft into building - 524 East 72
Arney Offline
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Registered: 09/15/05
Posts: 2485
Loc: California
Wow, really freaky. I used to work literally across the street from that building on E 72nd near York Ave. It's a big apartment building, but hopefully most people were away at work during the crash.

Small consolation, but at least Cornell Medical Center is a designated burn center or used to be, and it is literally right there next to the crash site.

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#74726 - 10/11/06 10:37 PM Re: AT 15:30: Aircraft into building - 524 East 72
Polak187 Offline
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Registered: 05/23/02
Posts: 1403
Loc: Brooklyn, New York
Only 2 burn centers in the city: Cornell and Staten Islan Univ Hosp... ANyway... We got assigned to it since orgignally nobody knew how big it was and potential was high. Now 3 hours later there is still high potential of injury to rescue crews and minor to civilians. 2 DOAs, 1 Serious injury and about 10 minor injuries (FIRE/EMS) txped to Cornell. We got cancelled half way in when they discovered it was small. It was a busy day since there was a 5 alarm fire in the Bronx and those units were tied up there so Central was sending units (like mine) from Brooklyn.


Edited by Polak187 (10/11/06 11:43 PM)
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#74727 - 10/12/06 02:33 AM Re: AT 15:30: Aircraft into building - 524 East 72
KTOA Offline
Journeyman

Registered: 02/08/04
Posts: 86
Loc: SoCal
I checked the weather in the area at the time of the accident. It was marginal weather, especially for a newly licensed pilot, flying a fast sophisticated aircraft.

Chances are this will be another accident attributed to pilot error -- flying into adverse weather (flying beyond his current training and proficiency)

Just sad -- and for no good reason.

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#74728 - 10/12/06 03:47 AM Re: AT 15:30: Aircraft into building - 524 East 72
Susan Offline
Geezer

Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 5163
Loc: W. WA
The other person killed was his flight instructor, who hadn't even filed a flight plan. Maybe NYC isn't the best place to learn to fly, but why were they wandering around skyscrapers?

The weather wasn't perfect, but he wasn't flying in a fog bank, either. "Tell me again where the big buildings are..."

This was a single-engine, 4-seater plane, not a jet. Who the h*** was flying it, a flight attendant???

We shall have to see if this becomes a Darwin Award nominee.

Sue

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#74729 - 10/12/06 04:10 AM Re: AT 15:30: Aircraft into building - 524 East 72
SARbound Offline
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Registered: 06/08/05
Posts: 503
Loc: Quebec City, Canada
They say the pilot was a New York Yankees pitcher named Cory Lidle. <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
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#74730 - 10/12/06 11:51 AM Re: AT 15:30: Aircraft into building - 524 East 72
KG2V Offline

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Registered: 08/19/03
Posts: 1371
Loc: Queens, New York City
scuttlebut is that they realized they were IN restricted airspace, tried to make a quick turn around, stalled, and went in. That part of the city (north east river) is highly restricted, as you are basically IN the Laguardia airport airspace
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