Thursday, February 18, 2010

Plane crashes into Northwest Austin building

UPDATE

Austin plane crash was deliberate, officials say
February 18, 2010 4:17 p.m. EST

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Pilot appears to have burned his house, then crashed his plane into intentionally
A message on a Web site registered to pilot appears to be a suicide note
Austin mayor downplays any terrorism links to crash
Witnesses described an infernal scene that shook nearby buildings
(CNN) -- An Austin, Texas, resident with an apparent grudge against the Internal Revenue Service set his house on fire Thursday and then crashed a small plane into a building housing an IRS office with nearly 200 employees, officials said.

Federal authorities identified the pilot of the Piper Cherokee PA-28 as Joseph Andrew Stack, 53.

Two people were injured and one person was missing, local officials said. There were no reported deaths.

A message on a Web site registered to Stack appears to be a suicide note.
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/18/texas.plane.crash/index.html?hpt=T1



Plane crashes into Northwest Austin building
by KVUE.com

Plane crashes into Northwest Austin building

Posted on February 18, 2010 at 10:14 AM

Updated today at 10:41 AM


A small single-engine plane crashed into a building in Northwest Austin Thursday morning, sparking a fire.

The crash happened near MoPac and Highway 183.

Smoke could be scene pouring from the a building in the Echelon complex on traffic cameras and in photosgraphs send in by KVUE viewers and reporters.

KVUE’s Noelle Newton reports most of the windows are blown out. People were evacuated. There is so far no word on how many people have been injured. A witness told KVUE that it didn't appear the plane was having any trouble before it crashed.
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Plane crashes into Northwest Austin building

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