Aircraft crashes into building in NYC

Perhaps weather related?? Visibility looks horrible.

Current METAR
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KJFK 111851Z 07011G19KT 8SM OVC015 18/13 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP118 T01780133[/FONT]
 
Wow, it's really burning. Kudos to the fire/rescue and police that have to make their way up there. God speed fellas (and ladies).
 
The video I'm watching shows what looks like a burn streak on the side of the building going down from where the fire is. What would explain that? Does that seem weird to anyone else? Could the a/c possibly have bounced off the outside and slid down the side?
 
Screaming_Emu said:
hello TFRs everywhere....
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That's my worry. The public already is fearful of GA aircrafts, and before you know it the security information will not only prohibit flight over stadiums with a capacity of x amount of people, but also buildings with 10 or more occupants per story, open recreation areas...Still, very sad news and not the best wx. Guess we'll have to wait and see what type of aircraft it was and what he or she was doing. Just hoping the media dosen't take it to the extreme.
 
skyisfalling.jpg
 
NORADS Scrambles fighter jets.......... Amazing that our world has come to this. By the way great pic of Chicken little
 
vheissu said:
Perhaps weather related?? Visibility looks horrible.

Current METAR
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KJFK 111851Z 07011G19KT 8SM OVC015 18/13 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP118 T01780133[/FONT]
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Yeah, 8 miles to see a building...

It looks like he/she was at the end of the VFR cutout, and making the turn back south. No need to be in contact with ATC at that point as long as you are below 1100' or 500', I forget. There's a cutout that goes up the east river up to the north tip of FDR Island.
 
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