Air crash into NY building?

An aircraft has crashed into the middle of a brick highrise residential building on Manhattan's Upper East Side at 72nd Street and York Avenue, police officials said.

The building is located near Rockefeller Center and is very close to the Hudson River. A North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) spokesperson told CNN that it had not been tracking the plane.

There was no word on casualties as firefighters battled the flames that shot up from several windows on the 10th story. The Federal Aviation Administration has said a "general aviation" aircraft had hit the building.

Video from the scene shows at least three apartments in the high rise fully engulfed in flames.

An aircraft crashed into a building in New York City's Upper East Side this afternoon, igniting several apartments of the residential high rise before pieces of the building crashed onto the ground, witnesses and officials said.

A Fire Department spokeswoman, Emily Rahimi, told The Associated Press that the aircraft struck the 20th floor of the building, 524 E. 72nd St., near York Avenue. However, television reports said the aircraft hit closer to the 40th floor.

There are no reports of any injuries so far, and the authorities have not said whether the aircraft was a small airplane or a helicopter.

Television views of the fire showed flames shooting out of four windows and smoke that streamed up into the sky, visible for miles. The building is a 50-story condominium that was built in 1986, The A.P. said, and has 183 apartments.

Zarth said:
I'm actually with Margot on this, Comrade. It's a bit too soon.

Small Aircraft hits building in New York City.... Just throwing this up here because I didn't see it any place else.... Are we going through another bit of trouble or is someone just acting like they are stuck in stupid again...??? Remember this happened on BushCo's watch & not the Dems... They did this while Bush was in office... Use it wisely America....

MisterLinguist said:

Nope. S'October. All's fair.

uptight said:
It's never "too soon" on the Daily Kos...

Zarth said:
And fuck you for trying to rest the rest of us with the same brush.

Margot_Dent said:

okay, make light of a situation where people have died all you want. i guess you don't really mind how that reflects upon you.

Roethke said:

2 deaths have been reported so far.

Shalome said:

Have you tried CNfuckingN? It's in the fucking bullet-point story highlights!

MisterLinguist said:

Hmm I don't trust CNN very much, or any news source that also has a TV Network.