UPDATE: Aircraft hit building at 71st and York Ave on East Side of Manhattan

Rush Limbaugh Show ^ | 10/11/06 | Rush Limbaugh

[Yossarian]

Rush reports that a Cessna has been reported as crashing into (at least one) apartment complex in NYC Mannhattan's upper east side - on East 71st Street.

[LadyBuzz]

I was thinking the same thing - last time Hillary said Chelsea was "jogging" LOL

[RSmithOpt]

Oh Maaannnnnn!! More global warming just around the corner!

[cgk]

Yep, it's both ;).

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Helicopter crashes into UES building

FBI spokesperson: No indication of terrorism

 Eyewitness News

(New York - WABC, October 11, 2006) - The FDNY has confirmed that a helicopter flying in an exclusion airspace crashed into an Upper East Side building Wednesday afternoon. A spokesperson for the FBI says there is no indication of terrorism in the crash.

Several windows of an apartment were blown out in an apartment building at the Belaire building on 524 East 72nd Street, between York and East End Avenue.

An eyewitness who saw the crash said she saw a "huge fireball."

Eyewitness News' Shannon Sohn was in Newscopter 7, watching the raging fire that sent a pillar of black smoke over the city. There was no immediate word on any deaths or injuries.

The Belaire is a high rise building near the Hospital for Special Surgery. A fire was reported on the 41st floor after the crash. FDNY crews are on the scene working to put the blaze out.

The New York City Red Cross said it is mobilizing and heading to the scene.

The incident's affecting traffic: The MTA says bus service in the area will experience reroutes and delays.

(Copyright 2006 WABC-TV)

[DejaJude]

Odds are, the pilot had an in-flight heart attack, and the rest is history.

That's what I think too.

[miss marmelstein]

Yeah, the FBI says it's not a terrorist attack. I'm so relieved.

[CougarGA7]

I heard that too. Guess that's one way to cover all your bases.

[mom4kittys]

I think it was determined that since the plane was a kit model, that the lever to switch tanks was not in a position for the pilot to easily reach during flight.

[petercooper]

Get ready for an FAA ruling restricting flight paths directly over Manhattan- over the water only

[Mr.Atos]

Very Bizarre! Good observation. I watch 9/11 unfold. it started just like this.

[Eastbound]

As a precaution, NORAD is positioning fighter unit over several U.S. city. CNN (Just a precaution)

[Husker8877]

"...Do you believe John Denver's plane "ran out of gas"?

Yep, just like his career.

Well life in Manhattan is kinda laid back, ain't nothin much a city boy like him can't hack.

[evets]

Bush's fault.

[Esther Ruth]

NORAD taking no risks, jets scrambling over major cities.

[Miss Marple]

Now they are saying on Fox a "multiple engine" plane.

About the only thing TV news is good for is pictures.

[knews_hound]

There you go, pointing out the obvious.

Dont you know, you are "fanning the flames" and you "should wait for the facts".

Now you are going to be accused of being a Tin Foiler like me.

Chers,

knewshound

http://www.knewshound.blogspot.com/

[Wil H]

CBS just confirmed it was a helicopter.

Interesting. Fox News is still reporting it was a fixed wing aircraft.

that confirms it then, just consider the sources..

[MadeInAmerica]

This must be pretty big. Katie Couric is putting on her makup as we type.

[Dr Stormfist]

They put up Hazmat tape around the area, just to be on the safe side. I'm sure some moonbat demonrat will take that and run with it in some absurd conspiracy theory.

[aculeus]

Big Fox local NYC channel (not shep) interviewed an eye witness ... intelligent and articulate ... who saw an airplane ... not a helicopter ... doing "acrobatics" before it disappeared behind a building and crashed.

My current thinking: a deliberate act.

[gaijin]

We all know it was just a casual accident.

Which is why the cops showed up with machine guns (fight fire with fire?), and air-cover is going out over major cities right now....!