Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Breaking
Comment - CNN story incorrectly locates building. It is not close to Rockefeller Center, nor close to Hudson River. It is 1 block west of the East River.
OK, CNN has fixed the location report. Not too much of interest about location. It is a few blocks south of Mayoral mansion (Bloomberg doesn't live there). It is personally problematic as it is 4 blocks from my kids school. It is also about 1.5 miles north of the UN.
Assuming there are no additional related "accidents," it is difficult to conclude at this moment that this is a terrorist act. Visibility is fine, and the location, while tall (maybe 50 stories) is off the river. So it is a strange accident. Could be a pilot suicide? Rank speculation.
Final update - terrorism seems to be a no go, fortunately. An NYPD source is saying plane made a distress call at 2:31pm saying it was running low on fuel. Ran outta gas. Thast sucks. Private, single engine plane headed towards Teterboro.
Cripes! 4:22pm -- another update...same NYPD source says they found student pilot's license for Cory Lidle, a New York Yankee pitcher. Geez.
5 Comments:
By 
, at
Wed Oct 11, 04:07:00 PM:
how the hell did that plane get there? I thought NYC was restricted airspace?
By 
Cardinalpark, at
Wed Oct 11, 04:27:00 PM:
Nope. You get tons of air traffic. It is corridored at altitude and over certain channels.
By , at
Wed Oct 11, 04:58:00 PM:
Where are you getting this "NYPD source" information? Is it a personal source? I couldn't find any reference to anything like that in the major news sites' reports
By , at
Wed Oct 11, 05:08:00 PM:
Oh, nevermind. It's starting to show up everywhere now...
By Cardinalpark, at
Wed Oct 11, 08:14:00 PM:
it was a personal source, yes.
