BREAKING NEWS Plane crash in NYC

[Tom Slick]

According to Fox News, New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle crashed his plane into a New York high rise building today. They don't know much more about the accident, but ESPN is reporting that Lidle was piloting the plane and is dead. Very sad news. :frown:

[DILLIGAF]

Wow

[Old Texan]

Memories of Thurman Munson. Bad deal.

[Sleek-Jet]

Memories of Thurman Munson. Bad deal.
Yeah, but Munson wasn't flying, he was just in the airplane.
How the fock does ESPN know who was at the controls???
Gawd I hate the news...

[Jbb]

Espn (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2621860)

[Sleek-Jet]

Espn (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2621860)
Good lord... and I used to like ESPN... till today...

[Hardly Satisfied]

Very Very Sad

[Wet Dream]

It makes little sense:
Federal Aviation Administration records showed the single-engine plane was registered to Lidle, and FBI reports show that Lidle's passport was found at the scene.
And later in the article:
The twin-engine plane came through a hazy, cloudy sky and hit the 20th floor of The Belaire -- a red-brick tower overlooking the East River, about five miles from the World Trade Center
Stupid focking media. Blow me.

[BigBlockBaja]

CNN Reported Norad scrambled fighters over some major cities withen minutes of the crash. They wouldnt give a number, but they said allot.

[Old Texan]

Yeah, but Munson wasn't flying, he was just in the airplane.
How the fock does ESPN know who was at the controls???
Gawd I hate the news...
No he was the pilot:
Munson was frequently homesick, and took flying lessons so that he could fly home to his family in Canton on off-days. On August 2, 1979, he was practicing takeoffs and landings in his new Cessna Citation jet at the Akron-Canton Regional Airport. On the third touch-and-go, Munson failed to lower the flaps for landing and allowed the aircraft to sink too low before increasing engine power, causing the jet to clip a tree and fall short of the runway. The plane then hit a tree stump and burst into flames, killing Munson (who was trapped inside) and injuring two other companions. It is believed that the inability to get out of the plane, and the ensuing asphyxiation, is what killed Munson, rather than injuries sustained on impact or burns. He was 32 years old.[2]