View Full Version : Plane crash in NY, Awwww crap
Demontestament
10-11-2006, 04:07 PM
A small plane has crashed into a building in New York City. No further details immediately available.
Edit* http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/11/plane.crash.ap/index.html Here is the link to the story. It is short right now but give it time for things to develop.
Not an act of terrorism.
Fixed wing aircraft.
Two confirmed casualties.
Ministeve
10-11-2006, 05:00 PM
I saw this on the news a few minutes ago. Reports from people on the ground say that a light aircraft was performing stunts in the air. Doesn't seem to be a terrorist deal.
Jabrwock
10-11-2006, 05:21 PM
I changed the title of the thread. These vague titles bug me. ;)
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/10/11/aircraft-crash.html
A small airplane crashed into an apartment building in New York City on Wednesday afternoon, an aircraft reportedly registered to New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle.
Demontestament
10-11-2006, 06:04 PM
I changed the title of the thread. These vague titles bug me. ;)
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/10/11/aircraft-crash.html
A small airplane crashed into an apartment building in New York City on Wednesday afternoon, an aircraft reportedly registered to New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle.
Joe Torre said the plane is registered to Lidle...this seriously sucks.
Who is this Lidle, and why should I care more about him than any other human being? =/
Jabrwock
10-11-2006, 07:35 PM
Who is this Lidle, and why should I care more about him than any other human being? =/
RTA, it explains why some people care who he is. ;)
Grahamr
10-11-2006, 07:58 PM
lol.........fighting with an invisible king kong,perhaps?
Not an act of terrorism.
Fixed wing aircraft.
Two confirmed casualties.
Enough for news outlets to sensationalize for the rest of the week.
Samson Effect
10-11-2006, 10:14 PM
"Lidle" = Cory Lidle, one of the starting pitchers for the New York Yankees.
wxDiva
10-12-2006, 12:17 PM
CNN updated their article to say that Lidle had been flying with his instructor at the time of the accident. They found his pilot log, which shows shows 88 hours of cockpit time, 47 in command. I'm not familiar with how many hours a pilot needs to earn his or her license (1000?), but I would think that indicates someone starting out. The accident could have simply been pilot error.
Hank the Tank
10-12-2006, 12:36 PM
You know... if you flip 9/11/01 180 degrees you get 10/11/6.
OMG conspiracy!
Samson Effect
10-12-2006, 01:25 PM
CNN updated their article to say that Lidle had been flying with his instructor at the time of the accident. They found his pilot log, which shows shows 88 hours of cockpit time, 47 in command. I'm not familiar with how many hours a pilot needs to earn his or her license (1000?), but I would think that indicates someone starting out. The accident could have simply been pilot error.
It depends on the type of license. In Canada, a Recreational Permit only requires 25 hours total, including 12 hours solo, but only allows the pilot to fly 25 NM from the airfield of origin. Private requires 45 hours, 17 PIC (Pilot In Command), and a two-stop cross-country trip, and the pilot can fly anywhere.
I'm not familiar with licensing in the US, though, but 88 hours is likely enough to hold a license to fly cross-country (which doesn't mean across the country, just to other airfields) in VFR conditions (Visual Flight Rules, basically you can see something like five miles, and you're clear of cloud.)
You know... if you flip 9/11/01 180 degrees you get 10/11/6.
OMG conspiracy!
That's why I'm glad that's not how we write dates.
Thefremen
10-12-2006, 02:34 PM
You know... if you flip 9/11/01 180 degrees you get 10/11/6.
OMG conspiracy!
You know, they never found the wreckage to that plane. How can they account for that?
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