This just in from the news! A plane crashed in Harlem, they say!
Pardon me, they’re saying Queens. I don’t know NYC geography.
Holy hell. BBC is reporting it now. American Airlines 767. No details as to the cause, or casualties, yet.
I’m going to switch on the TV now. I’ll check CNN and BBC 24 and post back.
Yeah, that’s where I heard. Queens.
It crashed in Queens. It probably just crashed (imagine saying a sentence like that 2 months ago.) The airport is in Queens. We’re still short on details here.
A bit more detail. It crashed in the Rockaways. This is near JFK, where the plane took off from.
American Airlines flight 677. No details of numbers on board or possible cause yet.
News is saying 129th street, four residential buildings on fire.
As per CNN:
Damn…
I’m hearing that it was on approach to a landing.
news just said it was on approach TO JFK not from…
is this 9/11 again? or was this a “regular” crash?
Oh, no… Even if it’s “just” a crash, I just feel like this is the last thing New York, and the USA, needs right now.
Please, thank you for keeping up the posts. I can’t get to any of the news websites, and there’s no TV here at work. NPR has finally started reporting it, but it’s my only source.
Initial BBC Report:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1651000/1651984.stm
According to the AA site, flight 677 was a JFK to San Juan flight.
A.P. as of 9:42am
NEW YORK – A plane crashed this morning in the Queens section of New York, and buildings reportedly are on fire in the neighborhood.
The plane crashed shortly after 9 a.m. and thick, black smoke could be seen in televised reports.
The type of plane and number of people aboard were not immediately known. CNN reported that American Airlines confirmed the plane was an inbound American Airlines Boeing 767. The airline told The Associated Press it had no immediate comment.
I managed to get into CNN.com but it seems most of the local news sites are bogged down. Regular crash or not people are probably freaking. Ok, I’m freaking.
I have a radio here but I’m hesitant to tune in. Largely because I’ve become a wuss but also because I have an assistant here from overseas and I know being separated from them on 9/11 hit her really hard. I don’t want to put her through hearing crash details if it’s “just” a regular crash…
BBC, PA (Ananova) and Sky websites are already crawling to a halt. The TV is implying (obviously no facts yet) that it’s a ‘regular’ crash. Even so…how totally horrible.