Plane Crash

[Homer]

CNN is reporting a small plane has crashed into a building in NYC. Not a lot of details at this point. :-\

[crazy_]

Yeah got cnn on now .. norad has scrambled some planes to fly over certain cities in the US...

[nightperson]

oh my i feel for the families ty for the info homer

[Tracey]

this is all i found on wat they said about that crash ....


A small aircraft has crashed into a New York residential building killing two.

New York police confirmed the two deaths with the number of total casualties still unknown.

Emergency services said the building and those next to it had been evacuated.

The plane smashed into the Belaire apartment block on Manhattan's Upper East Side, but officials said there was no evidence it was terrorism-related.

New York City Police Chief Michael Collins said: "We have no reason to believe at this point that it is terrorist related, and our [alert] level remains the same."

Burning debris fell on the streets below as firefighters shot streams of water at the flames from lower floors.

A Fire Department spokesperson said the aircraft struck the 20th floor.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it was too early to determine what type of aircraft was involved, or what might have caused the crash.

The crash occurred at East 72nd Street and York Avenue, near the East River.

The images of fire and smoke pouring out of the windows of a high rise building evoked images of the hijack plane attacks of September 11, 2001.

[Homer]

Has anyone noticed today's date is 10/11?

[Tracey]

good god ur right ... i bet they will be keeping a very close eye on every 11th ...spooky

[Monkey]

Yankees pitcher Corey Lidle was on the plane.  :ooo

[Torn2pieces]

Yankees pitcher Corey Lidle was on the plane.  :ooo

I just read that as well.  How incredibly sad.

[Homer]

Yankees pitcher Corey Lidle was on the plane.  :ooo

Wow. Incredible. I was just reading that on www.cnn.com

[Monkey]

Now they're saying Lidle is feared dead.  :ooo :ooo

He apparently owned the plane that crashed.

[Mayhem]

From CNN.com :

Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle only person aboard plane, FBI said. Lidle's passport found on street below crash site.

[Tracey]

i also heard that apparently there was fuel problems

[TmT]

From CNN.com :

Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle only person aboard plane, FBI said. Lidle's passport found on street below crash site.

thats so sad... oh my

[Tina123]

Anytime something like this happens, it brings back every memory of 9/11 to every New Yorker. I left work early and while I was driving down the FDR drive, I saw every kind of Police car, truck and EMS vehicles screaming down the FDR drive in the opposite direction. I knew something big had happened again. I got home pretty quickly, and set to work getting my badges.
I feel so sorry for the people in the plane (2, I think) and their families.

[kandykitty20012]

From CNN.com :

Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle only person aboard plane, FBI said. Lidle's passport found on street below crash site.

thats so sad... oh my

Yes that is so sad and he is so young also...prayers out to his family 0:

[nightperson]

very sad, my prayers are with the family and the team 0: