# Breaking news: plane just crashed into NYC building **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088 "2006-10-11T19:08:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088/1 "2006-10-11T19:08:31Z")
Small plane; smells more like an accident than an attack so far. But still. [http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/nyregion/11wire-plane.html](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/nyregion/11wire-plane.html) ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088/2 "2006-10-11T19:11:26Z")
Just saw that too. [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/) has a picture. Isn’t this kind of a strange accident? Did the pilot fall asleep at the stick or something? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088/3 "2006-10-11T19:11:29Z")
It’s near the river, on 71st and York, so I’m guessing a heliocopter: they crash into the river pretty regularly. How ghastly for the people in the building! At least it happened in the daytime, when maybe there weren’t as many people home. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088/4 "2006-10-11T19:11:36Z")
Argh, my stomach just dropped. I really hope someone comes along shortly with a positive press conference about how this was just an unfortunate accident. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088/5 "2006-10-11T19:13:34Z")
Just so everyone knows, there is a parallel thread in the Pit: [10/11?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=391740). No real news yet, but it looks like an accident. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088/6 "2006-10-11T19:13:50Z")
I’m sure it’s just an accident. Small planes have crashed into buildings before and the building has stayed standing. Unfortunately, we’ve learned it takes a jetliner bound cross country to bring down a high-rise. Anybody got a chill that today is October **11th**? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088/7 "2006-10-11T19:16:58Z")
Here’s more. [Plane.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061011/ap_on_re_us/plane_nyc) ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088/8 "2006-10-11T19:20:45Z")
That’s a heck of a fireball and impact for something reported to be small. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088/9 "2006-10-11T19:23:45Z")
Hey, Eve, I thought there was a “no fly” zone over Manhattan for private aircraft. Urban myth? ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088/10 "2006-10-11T19:24:39Z")
[QUOTE=malkavia] Argh, my stomach just dropped. I really hope someone comes along shortly with a positive press conference about how this was just an unfortunate accident. [/QUOTE] Same here ☹ ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088/11 "2006-10-11T19:25:47Z")
[QUOTE=Tupug Anachi] Hey, Eve, I thought there was a “no fly” zone over Manhattan for private aircraft. Urban myth? [/QUOTE] I don’t know about over Manhattan, but helicopters and light planes fly over the rivers constantly. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088/12 "2006-10-11T19:35:39Z")
Latest: Plane apparently multiengine. Apparently doing _aerobatics?!_ over the East River. Fox News is mystified as to why they pilot didn’t try to hit the water. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![the\_PC\_apeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac8455/32.png) [@the\_PC\_apeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_PC_apeman)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088/13 "2006-10-11T19:37:21Z")
[QUOTE=Tupug Anachi] Hey, Eve, I thought there was a “no fly” zone over Manhattan for private aircraft. Urban myth? [/QUOTE] CNN’s Miles “Fly Boy” O’Brien is saying there is an open “Visual Flight Rules” corridor over the river below 1000’. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088/14 "2006-10-11T19:38:05Z")
Take anything you hear over the next few hours with a grain of salt. Eyewitnesses can be unreliable. Facts take time. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088/15 "2006-10-11T19:40:01Z")
I came into this thread honestly expecting to hurl insults at the OP for a misleading thread title. I apologize for that insulting assumption. And yes, my heart went into my throat. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088/16 "2006-10-11T19:40:21Z")
If you read the old 9/11 intial reports, a paper airplane bounced off the WTC. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088/17 "2006-10-11T19:44:35Z")
[Live Pics](http://www.myfoxla.com/myfox/) (sorry that its Fox, but even broken clocks are right twice a day) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088/18 "2006-10-11T19:47:55Z")
Cops had to wrestle a guy to the ground who was trying to get into the burning bldg - said his pregnant wife was inside. Frantic. Took several cops to subdue him. 4 alarm fire. Folks trapped above the fire. I wonder why they don’t go to the roof and hope for a helicopter. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088/19 "2006-10-11T19:49:16Z")
40 floors high and around three apartments destroyed. Are we sure it wasn’t a North Korean nuke? I’m not holding out a lot of hope for the pilot but hopefully there will be no passengers or tennants as casualties. This does happen though… remember the similar incident just months after 9/11. ---
**Author:** ![tashabot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tashabot/32/6250_2.png) [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088/20 "2006-10-11T19:51:04Z")
2 confirmed dead? I just walked in to the newsroom and everyone had CNN on. FREAKED me out. And yes, it is kinda creepy that it’s 10/11. ~Tasha [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-plane-just-crashed-into-nyc-building/376088.md?page=2)