Aircraft crashes into building in NYC

I came back from a flight, and someone told me a plane hit a building in NY.

My first words were 'How big of a plane?'

It's nice to see the media playing it like 9/11 just happened all over.
 
I'm not sure how anyone can find out/say that the aircraft was registered to Cory Lidle when the event happened just an hour or two ago. But, if that is the case, then here is a quote for you guys from the man himself when he purchased his SR-20 for $187,000
Cory Lidle said:
The whole plane has a parachute on it. Ninety-nine percent of pilots that go up never have engine failure, and the 1 percent that do usually land it. But if you’re up in the air and something goes wrong, you pull that parachute, and the whole plane goes down slowly.
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Even though it may have nothing to do with it, this adds to my thought that a parachut on an aircraft will make the pilot believe the aircraft is invincible.
 
Murdoughnut said:
On the plus side, at least pilots would become more rare, and (you would think) salaries would go up.
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So after a few decades of no one learning how to fly, who would fly our precious airliners? Is that when the computers take over?

Ouch, they said they found the baseball players passport on the street below.
 
What in the world was he doing flying on a day like today (if he was not Instrument rated) in the NYC area? What an idiot.
 
Got to love the news......How many SR20's are multi-engine.....:sarcasm:

NEW YORK -- A small plane piloted by New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle crashed into a 50-story condominium tower Wednesday on Manhattan's Upper East Side, raining flaming debris onto the sidewalks below and rattling New Yorkers' nerves five years after the Sept. 11 attack.

Lidle died in the crash.

The twin-engine plane came through a hazy, cloudy sky and hit the 20th floor of The Belaire -- a red-brick tower overlooking the East River, about five miles from the World Trade Center -- with a loud bang, touching off a raging fire that cast a pillar of black smoke over the city and sent flames shooting from four windows on two adjoining floors.
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In no means is this intended to poke fun at the accident, just the lovely press.

RIP
 
last 5 housr of ATIS info from TEB and LGA:

KTEB 112051Z VRB05KT 2SM -RA OVC019 16/13 A2984 RMK AO2 DZE02RAB02 SLP106 P0010 60010 T01610133 56020
KTEB 112031Z 07004KT 2SM RA OVC017 17/13 A2985 RMK AO2 DZE02RAB02 P0005
KTEB 111951Z COR 09008KT 3SM DZ OVC019 17/13 A2986 RMK AO2 DZB48 SLP109 P0000 T01720128
KTEB 111851Z 08007KT 7SM OVC019 17/13 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP115 T01720128
KTEB 111751Z 09007KT 7SM OVC017 17/12 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP125 T01670122 10172 20150 58017
KTEB 111651Z 11007KT 7SM OVC015 17/12 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP133 T01670122

KLGA 112051Z 07010KT 1 3/4SM RA BKN019 OVC025 17/14 A2985 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 2 1/2 SLP106 P0011 60011 T01670139 56021
KLGA 112038Z 08011KT 1 3/4SM RA BKN016 OVC022 17/14 A2985 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 2 1/2 P0006
KLGA 111951Z 10011KT 8SM -RA OVC018 18/13 A2987 RMK AO2 RAB46 SLP114 P0000 T01830133
KLGA 111851Z 10013KT 9SM OVC018 18/13 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP118 T01830128
KLGA 111751Z 10011KT 9SM OVC018 18/13 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP128 T01830133 10183 20161 58019
KLGA 111651Z 08009KT 10SM OVC016 18/13 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP136 T01780128
 
They "the media" is saying the pilot had reported fuel problems moments before the crash and was trying to get to LGA. Im sure that will change in about 10 minutes.
 
Oh gesh...

I'm in the pilot lounge, the news is on in the background and suddenly it's morphed into a "Yankees had a sucky season/the TSA sucks/Steinbrenner is a mean boss".

Whut eva...
 
The FBI says there is no indication that the crash is terrorism-related.

A White House spokesman said they were not ruling out any theory.




who knew that the Yankees were a terrorist organization!?! :sarcasm:
 
Check out: http://www4.passur.com/lga.html

Set it to 14:30 or so on the 10 mile scale. At about 14:31 you see N929CD east of TEB near where the map says Ridgefield. Over the Hudson the aircraft label switches to just GA and it goes down the Hudson, near the Statue of Liberty and up the East River. At about 14:41 the aircraft passes the 59th Street bridge and makes a left and disappears.
 
TheShortOne said:
The FBI says there is no indication that the crash is terrorism-related.

A White House spokesman said they were not ruling out any theory.




who knew that the Yankees were a terrorist organization!?! :sarcasm:
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Well, they must be a nation-wide group: '"Fighters are airborne over numerous U.S. cities and while every indication is that this is an accident we see this as a prudent measure at this time," said Sgt. Claudette Hutchinson, a spokeswoman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado Springs, Colo.'
 
Just saw Bloomberg's press conference... I think he did a very good job of not playing into the reporters hands when they kept asking questions like "What does this mean for security???" and reiterating the point that this was simply a small a/c accident, nothing more. I couldn't believe some of the BS questions.
 
I agree. I thought Mayor Bloomberg did a good job at the press conference. Apparently, he is a pilot himself so at least he could bring some sanity to the discussion.
 
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