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Originally posted by: InlineFive
Link? Attempting to confirm...
Originally posted by: loup garou
Sh1t, that's 12 blocks from my apartment!
Aircraft crashes into NYC building
Unknown whether plane or chopper involved
BREAKING NEWS
NBC News and news services
Updated: less than 1 minute ago
NEW YORK - An aircraft crashed into a high-rise apartment building on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York City on Thursday, NBC News reported. There were conflicting reports about whether it was an airplane or a chopper.
Video from the scene showed at least three buildings in the high-rise engulfed in flames.
According to local affiliate WNBC, officials said the aircraft was a helicopter, not a plane. That had not been confirmed by any other sources.
Helicopter Crashes Into East Side Building
POSTED: 2:50 pm EDT October 11, 2006
UPDATED: 2:54 pm EDT October 11, 2006
NEW YORK -- A helicopter has crashed into a building on 71st and York on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, causing explosions.
Flames could be seen coming out of the upper floors of the building.
WNBC.com will provide more details as soon as they become available.
Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
sounds like an accident to me. sheesh.. the big huge red "BREAKING NEWS" sensationalism has to go, unless it's a real serious incident.