[Travis McGee]

That building was centerpunched on the floor which would be most likely to result in a 9-11 type structural collapse.

360* in a circle times 90* level to vertical is a LOT of sky.

Possible engine trouble (pure speculation) has nothing to do with steering a plane.

Anyone who thinks this is a coincidental accident is in denial or is a moron.

[RCW2001]

Reuters reporting the SOS was related to 'undercarriage' problems? Conflicts with engine and certainly would not compromise steering control enough to NOT have avoided the building.

Perhaps the SOS was intended to 'get the camera's rolling' to catch the 'show'???

[xJones]

Pilot took off in Lucarno, Switzerland. Authorized flight plan, reported engine problems earlier on. Says he was attempted to land on airport near downtown Milan. Speaker on Fox says "a terrible accident" but he was questioned hard about that.

[patent]

When I was a bit younger a group of us when up to Canada to do some fishing. We took two small planes. On the way back one of them ran out of gas. You can't get much worse in the way of engine problems then that, flat out of gas. Despite that the pilot still had time to land. He was going land on the road until a car came around the bend smack dab in the way. He had time to look around for somewhere else, but couldn't find much, so he had to ditch in the tree tops.

Regardless, in one of these small planes you have lots of time to decide where you are going, and I can't see any good reason why the pilot would hit the biggest building in town by accident. I have no idea if this was a terrorist attack or not, but if this was truly an accident the pilot probably needed help getting his shoes tied in the morning too.

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