# Plane hits High Rise in NYC

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**Created:** [October 11, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plane-hits-high-rise-in-nyc/203538 "2006-10-11T20:43:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/plane-hits-high-rise-in-nyc/203538/1 "2006-10-11T20:43:32Z")

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50+ High Rise  
Hit By Small Plane or Helicopter

> From [Cnn.com](http://Cnn.com)

**Story Highlights**

• Small airplane crashed into 50-story residential building on Manhattan’s East Side  
• Aircraft is described as “general aviation fixed wing” by the FAA  
• FDNY confirms at least one person was killed  
• NORAD scrambles fighter aircraft though terrorism isn’t suspected

[http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/11/plane.crash/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/11/plane.crash/index.html)

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