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Did anyone officially say it was a Piper Cub? The early reports were that it was a "tourist plane."

Heck .. there is a report that it was a helicopter

If so that must have been one BIG helicopter by the size of the hole in the building

The early press reporting borders on irresponsibility! Let's review the reports so far at 2:10 pm EDT:(1) The plane took off from Bulgaria - THEN it was reported that it took off from Switzerland. (2) A helicopter flew into the building - No, uh, the plane was a single engine Piper, uh NO, it was twin engine. (3) The pilot made a distress call - also reported as SOS, that he had ENGINE trouble - Then the report is that he was having trouble lowering the LANDING GEAR. (4) There was a loud secondary explosion - there was no secondary explosion. (5)There was a report that the plane trailed smoke before impact. I understand that early reports are varied, scattered and not reliable but they should present these reports after an attempt to verify the information.