Thread: Plane has crashed into building in North Austin

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Plane has crashed into building in North Austin

Thursday, February 18, 2010, 10:05 AM

Authorities are investigating a reported plane crash into a seven-story office building in the 9400 block of Research Boulevard, according to Austin fire officials. No other information is immediately available.

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Plane crashes into Northwest Austin building
by KVUE.com

Posted on February 18, 2010 at 10:14 AM
Updated today at 11:19 AM

A small single-engine plane crashed into a building in Northwest Austin Thursday morning, sparking a fire.

The crash happened near MoPac and Highway 183 just before 10 a.m.

Smoke could be seen pouring from the a building in the Echelon complex on traffic cameras and in photographs send in by KVUE viewers and reporters.

KVUE’s Noelle Newton reports most of the windows are blown out. People were evacuated. At least 3 people have been taken to University medical Center at Brackenridge. A witness told KVUE that it didn't appear the plane was having any trouble before it crashed, but it was flying very low.

Some witnesses reported that they thought the plane was headed for their building. Witnesses say the impact felt like an explosion.

Firefighters say they have made several rescues, but so far two people are unaccounted for.

Officials said there were reports an FBI field office was housed in the complex, but it was not hit. They say this appears to be accidental. A number of businesses are located in the building that was hit.

Traffic in the area is being diverted.

KVUE News has multiple crews on the scene, and KVUE's Olga Campos and Melissa Gale are on the air. Tune to KVUE News for live coverage.

http://www.kvue.com/news/local/Plane-cr ... 04727.html

Small Aircraft Crashes into Office Building

Updated: Thursday, 18 Feb 2010, 11:20 AM CST
Published : Thursday, 18 Feb 2010, 10:07 AM CST

AUSTIN, TX (myFOXaustin) - A small aircraft plane has crashed into a 7-story office building in North Austin near Mopac and 183. The plane crashed into the Echelon building around 10 a.m. Thursday morning. Police have blocked off access roads around the building.

There was heavy smoke seen coming from the building and firefigthers were working to evacuate the building. According to Asst. Fire Chief Harry Evans says that fire crews are on the offensive and inside the building working to put the fire out. Evans said that 2 individuals have been transported to the hospital and one individual is unaccounted for. Fire crews turned off the power in the immediate area, Great Hills, and will be out until fire crews have put out the fire.

According to Corp. Scott Perry with APD several federal offices were located inside the building that was struck by the plane. Officials with NTSB say that IRS offices were some of the federal offices.

Witnesses reported seeing a small single engine plane heading straight for the building.

Police and fire officials have begun evacuating buildings in the surrounding area. Traffic on 360 and 183 is blocked for miles and police have advised drivers to avoid this area if possible. Police have blocked off the Jollyville and

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Rush is reporting that the person in the plane also burned his house down before this accident and that the IRS has offices on the first floor

Originally Posted by jamesw62

Rush is reporting that the person in the plane also burned his house down before this accident and that the IRS has offices on the first floor

I wouldn't trust Rush as a news source. He has shown that he has no idea what he is talking about. However, if your source is proven to be true, then I will humbly apologize. I can admit failure, unlike the stinkin Dems and Repubs that control our lives.

According to the ongoing Fox news, his house was lit on fire by himself, he left a 6 page rant about the IRS, and it appears it may have been an intentional crash into that building.

Apparently this man was disturbed, greatly, however, you all know what this could bring about for those of us involved here and with the Tea Party movement.....Again DHS could turn their focus to those who are fed-up with the government and working toward changes. Anyone and everyone involved could become targets of a government already out of control, willing to find their "whipping boy".

Report: Feds seal off Georgetown airport
KVUE-TV in Austin reports on Twitter that Georgetown airport officials say federal officials have sealed off the airport.

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Report: Pilot's manifesto found online
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Burned house, plane crash linked to same person

By Claudia Grisales | Thursday, February 18, 2010, 12:52 PM

Fire crews responded this morning to a fire at the home of a person who owned a plane that crashed into a Northwest Austin office building.

The house, in the 1800 block of Dapplegrey Lane close to Parmer Lane and Metric Boulevard, was owned by Andrew Joseph Stack, records show.

There were no injuries in the blaze, and the house is total loss, officials said.

Dane Vick, whose home is behind Stack’s house, said he called 911 around 8 a.m. to report the house fire. He described it as an explosion. “I heard a humongous boom,â€

James62, it appears you are right. Apparently he wrote a manifesto which has been removed, but thesmokinggun.com took it. My apologies:

FEBRUARY 18--The man suspected of intentionally crashing an airplane into a Texas office building today appears to have posted a lengthy online diatribe attacking the Internal Revenue Service and declaring that, "I know I'm hardly the first one to decide I have had all I can stand." The six-page manifesto, which you'll find below, is dated "2/18/10" and is signed "Joe Stack (1956-2010)." Andrew Joseph Stack, 53, has been identified as the man who flew a small plane into an Austin building housing IRS offices. The statement was uploaded to the front page of a web site that was registered in 2003 by a Joe Stack, who listed an address in San Marcos, Texas, which is about 35 miles south of Austin. The online posting is titled "Well Mr. Big Brother IRS man... take my pound of flesh and sleep well." Cached versions of Stack's web site, which described his software development consulting business, noted that he founded the firm in southern California in 1983, and eventually relocated to the Austin area to "lend a hand to the growing high technology industry in South-Central Texas." Alex Melen, whose firm hosts Stack's site, told TSG that Stack last changed his web site this morning at 10:12 AM (Eastern). His Piper Cherokee crashed into the Austin building at around 11:30 AM (Eastern). Until Stack uploaded his suicide note, his site consisted of a handful of pages describing his business, Embedded Art, and its history. A screen grab of the previous front page of Stack's site, which he backed up Tuesday afternoon, can be seen here. Melen said that Stack paid his annual hosting fee with a credit card, and last year changed his billing address from San Marcos to an address on North Mopack Expressway in Austin. Prior to speaking with TSG, Melen said he had been contacted by FBI agents in Austin and New Jersey, where his hosting business is located. At 2:40 PM today, Melen deleted Stack's web site at embeddedart.com. He replaced it with a statement noting that, "This web site has been taken offline due to the sensitive nature of the events that transpired in Texas this morning and in compliance with a request from the FBI."

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BTW, Melena here is a good example that not all terrorists are muslims.