SKYSCRAPER CRASH IN MILAN ITALY

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[Bommer]

Just reported that a small engine plane crashed into a Skyscraper in Milan Italy

[r9etb]

If the report that he hit the top two floors is accurate, it is the sign of someone wanting desperately to avoid the building rather than destroy it. I think we should be cautious.

Not convincing: it's lots easier to go around a building than to go over it -- especially if it's engine trouble.

Yes, it could be an accident. However, considering how this one building sticks up like a sore thumb over the city, it's difficult to believe that a pilot who's enough in control to talk on the radio, could just happen to run into such a small target.

[rintense]

Exactly. I feel the SOS was given only to take attention away from other possible attacks. If it looks like an accident, the Italian gov't's guard won't be as high as it would if it were a suspected terrorist attack. Be very skeptical. Just waiting to see the pilot's profile...

[michigander]

18.04.2002

Esplosione a Milano al Grattacielo Pirelli

Una forte esplosione si è verificata poco fa a Milano, in piazzale Duca d'Aosta, ai piani alti del Grattacielo Pirelli, il palazzo della Regione. Secondo le prime informazioni si tratterebbe di un incidente, il pilota dell’aereo avrebbe infatti lanciato un sos prima dell’impatto. L'aereo sarebbe un Piper da turismo. L'impatto è avvenuto al di sopra del 25esimo piano e avrebbe coinvolto almeno cinque piani. Secondo quanto riferiscono testimoni oculari c’è uno squarcio ai piani alti della sede della Regione e fiamme alte, intorno, le sirene delle ambulanze e dei mezzi di soccorso che sono confluiti immediatamente, insieme agli elicotteri.

[Lazamataz]

The pilot could just as well been a Taoist grandmother of Eskimo origin. Why do you have to be so prejudiced?

Experience.

Of course, I may be wrong.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

"...or is a practicing Muslim. "

Not anymore.

[aomagrat]

Spin?

[Dog]

Damage looks like at least 10 floors.

The hole is to big to be a piper cub.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thanks.

[Mo1]

Have you seen the pictures of the building ... That plane was bigger then a private plane

[codebreaker]

Your're right HLL, it was floating not falling-probably not a body.

[VRWC_minion]

If the report that he hit the top two floors is accurate, it is the sign of someone wanting desperately to avoid the building rather than destroy it. I think we should be cautious.

Can't miss the building ? The SOS report would be the reason given by the pilot that the plane was off course so to avoid interception.

[Joe Hadenuf]

This "small" plane took out about 120 feet of the side of that building.

[HAL9000]

Per AFP - The plane's Swiss registration is HBCNX.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

SOS = "Some has a gun to my head and is hijacking my plane."

[abraxas_sandiego]

this pilot defines the term "underachiever"...

[Cold Heat]

...No wonder the BUSH Administration has called for the Media not to air these OBL Tapes in -Time of War-...???

Things are not what they seem to be. These tapes are for Arab consumption and are likely provided by us.

[TheDon]

Someone on FNC mentioned that the airport in question is a 20 minute drive from this location. Perhaps the SOS was to confuse?

[Mo1]

The hole is to big to be a piper cub.

EXACTLY