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toggleswitch

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No need to call, I'm ok. *LOL* I was on 73rd Street when a small plane hit 525 E 72nd Steet.

oh my.....

as any New Yorker will tell you, do whatever it is you have to do but NEVER, NEVER, EVER F--- up my commute! 2.5 hours to travel 25 miles to get home. *UGH*

But on a more serious note....What a weird horrible accident. My heart goes out to the families of the deceased.



http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/yankee-dies-in-plane-crash-official/20061011145609990005
 
I saw that article on my homepage and read it... when I read that the plane hit the building, I instantly thought of 9/11. Glad no one else was hurt.

That was a very strange accident indeed. Especially when I read that Lidle had confidence in his flying as well as what he was flying (seemed like a safe aircraft), and the fact that a distress call was sent out. I feel sorry for his family.

--Austin
 
It's not too far from where we live, but didn't know what was going on until Mama telephone to inquire if all were well. Knew something was going on because of all the sirens and helicopter sounds, but wasn't until Mother's phone call and watching local news learned of the full scope.

Apparently the plane was a single engine type, and the only deaths were the pilot and New York Yankee, Cory Lidle.

Because it was a small plane crashing into a building, it prompted a terrorism response, which pretty much shut down most of the Upper Eastside of Manhattan (scene of the crash), but once that was ruled out, things became the normal response to a major fire/event.

One grace is the crash happened during early afternoon when most residents of the building were out at work or some such. Had things occured later or at night probably would have killed at least the residents of several apartments.

L.
 
I can speak about this from a

professional point of view.
After listening to the NTSB reports on CNN about this flight it appears that Mr. Lidle only recently received his private pilots license. The aircraft he was flying, a Cirrus 20, even though it is small is pretty complex to operate and expensive too. Most pilots usually fly smaller, simpler aircraft before transitioning up to more powerful, complex aircraft. Also if you are in a small aircraft and want to transition Manhattan, you have to get permission from Air Traffic Control, or go visual rules only (VFR) under 1200 feet and stay over the river. That's what this flight was doing when it suddenly took a left turn and hit the building. It was a instructional/sightseeing flight.
Look at the JFK Jr. incident. A good part of that crash was too much aircraft and not enough experience. I think that's what we'l find here too. Accidents involving low time pilots flying more complex aircraft are not that uncommon. Why do you think the Beechcraft Bonanza is sometimes called a "Doctor Killer"?
Laundress, I am so happy to hear that you are OK. From what I saw on television there were aircraft pieces, and bodies parts all over the place all around the building.
 
If I had not known about the event, the live viewing of it certainly looked like nothing more than an apartment fire.

There was not one screw, nail, bolt or shred of anything on the ground.

Still, blessings to all who suffered or are suffering as a result. PEACE!
 
Supposedly, the women whose apartment the plane hit was also the one hit by a falling metal lightpost a few years ago at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade....

Poor thing must feel as though there's a target attached to her back.
 
I heard that the river he was following on his tour (East River?) is flanked by highrises on either side. Pilots using this route often have problems turning around when they start to near the JFK airspace. The combination of the tight quarters and his experience level lead to the tragedy.
 
Yes, it is the East River, and yes it is flanked by tall buildings on either side, not to mention a few on Roosevelt Island (though not that tall). Correct also small planes don't have far to go up the river before reaching restricted airspace. Another problem is the helicopters from the heliport on the East River as well.

Many in NYC were shocked to learn that even post 9/11/01, small planes are allowed to fly that low over NYC, without filing a flight plan and staying in radio contact with a control tower. Post 9/11/01, the same is most certianly not true of the DC/Maryland/Virginia area, where the restricted zone is quite large, and violations bring instant escorts by the Air Force,and or risk being shot down.

L.
 
I used to walk around that neighborhood at night, thinking, planning, and plotting about my future, looking at the lights twinkling in the high-rises, wanting to live in one so badly I could taste it.

I knew what I wanted and I knew I would stop at virtually nothing to get it. I get excited even at the remembrance of the possibilities I saw for myself, and that I truly believed that nothing would ever get in my way.
 
Oh, no, dear....this was twenty years ago!

Since then, my "get up and go" seems to have gotten up and went..

lol
 

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