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Aircraft crashes into Manhattan high-rise

Posted on October 11th, 2006 by kencauley.
Categories: News.

A small airplane crashed into a 50-story residential building on Manhattan’s East Side Wednesday and flames were shooting out from several windows midway up.

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.

The plane hit the Belaire Condominiums, built in 1989 at 524 E. 72nd Street near the East River. More than 150 firefighters are on scene of a four-alarm fire in the building.

There was no word on casualties. 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. It did the same thing after the September 11 2001, terrorist attacks.

It’s unclear if the crash was a result of terrorism. A senior U.S. official in Washington said the administration was waiting for more information.

Source: CNN

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