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Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:16 am
by mainejeff
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100218/ap_ ... rash_texas
IRS and FBI offices located in building according to TV reports. Another Timmothy McVeigh?

Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:18 am
by danefan
Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:19 am
by mainejeff
The pilot set his own house on fire before he flew into the building according to the NTSB.........

Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:20 am
by dbackjon
FBI offices in a different building
Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:20 am
by mainejeff
Does Homeland Security have jurisdiction in Texas?
Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:21 am
by danefan
Wow - this building looks like a bomb went off
Live stream
Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:21 am
by mainejeff
dbackjon wrote:FBI offices in a different building
OK......just the IRS.
Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:22 am
by danefan
Anyone know how to use the "Flash" button to post flash video (or if that even what its for?)
Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:23 am
by mainejeff
Is this an act of terrorism? Fox News is acting as if this is just another plane crash.......no mention of the T word or Homeland Security??????

Betcha if it wasn't one of their own......they'd be all over this!
Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:26 am
by mainejeff
Has Sarah Palin commented on this yet?........she wanted a revolution.
Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:27 am
by danefan
mainejeff wrote:Has Sarah Palin commented on this yet?........she wanted a revolution.
She's watching Family Guy.
Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:29 am
by dbackjon
Looks far more explosive that from just the gas in the plane.
Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:29 am
by 89Hen
mainejeff wrote:Is this an act of terrorism? Fox News is acting as if this is just another plane crash.......no mention of the T word or Homeland Security??????

Betcha if it wasn't one of their own......they'd be all over this!

If Fox News called it Terrorism from the start you'd be bitching that they are trying to make it look like the country isn't safe because Obama's in office. You're priceless Mutt.

Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:31 am
by mainejeff
89Hen wrote:mainejeff wrote:Is this an act of terrorism? Fox News is acting as if this is just another plane crash.......no mention of the T word or Homeland Security??????

Betcha if it wasn't one of their own......they'd be all over this!

If Fox News called it Terrorism from the start you'd be bitching that they are trying to make it look like the country isn't safe because Obama's in office. You're priceless Mutt.

And you're the quintessential RED breeder.

Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:32 am
by danefan
dbackjon wrote:Looks far more explosive that from just the gas in the plane.
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/ ... plane.html
According to an FBI agent who asked not to be identified because he isn’t authorized to release information, the incident is being investigated as an accident, although eyewitnesses said the plane seemed to come in at full throttle. He said the plane was out of Waco and that Federal Aviation Administration officials are en route to the scene.
The agent said it was believed the plane had come from Waco, and that witnesses said it had hit the building at full-throttle.
FBI sources said that the eyewitness accounts saying that the plane did not slow down is making some authorities wonder if it was an intentional act.
FBI spokesman Bill Carter said the building hit by a plane at the Echelon office complex did not contain an FBI office. While the FBI has an office at the complex, the plane did not crash into that particular building, Carter said.
William Winnie, an Internal Revenue Service agent, said he was in a training session on the third floor of the building when he saw a light-colored, single engine plane coming at the building.
“It looked like it was coming right in my window,” Winnie said. He said the plane veered down and to the left and crashed into the floors below. “I didn’t lose my footing, but it was enough to knock people who were sitting to the floor.”
The building mostly houses IRS offices, said Kathi Hall, with KVSA Asset Management, which manages the property.
Chris Messer was driving to work about 9:50 a.m. when he was on the flyover exiting MoPac Boulevard (Loop 1) to northbound U.S. 183 when he saw a small, single-engine yellow plane in his peripheral vision.
“It flew right in front of me and flew right square into the building,” said Messner, 27. “The fireball was pretty big. It shook my car and the heat came in from my air vents. I was surprised how big the explosion is.”

Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:34 am
by dbackjon
From Waco?
Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:35 am
by 89Hen
mainejeff wrote:And you're the quintessential RED breeder.

Absolutely. And when I die, I will have children and grandchildren to keep Fox News, Rush, Hannity, etc... going strong.

Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:35 am
by danefan
dbackjon wrote:From Waco?
Coincidence?

Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:36 am
by mainejeff
dbackjon wrote:From Waco?
Ironic, ain't it?
Fox finally mentions the T word!
Seems like REDS are getting almost as bad as Muslins........

Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:36 am
by dbackjon
That, or new Baylor President Ken Starr

Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:37 am
by mainejeff
89Hen wrote:mainejeff wrote:And you're the quintessential RED breeder.

Absolutely. And when I die, I will have children and grandchildren to keep Fox News, Rush, Hannity, etc... going strong.

As long as you keep them out of f*cking restaurants that I dine at.

Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:38 am
by grizzaholic
danefan wrote:dbackjon wrote:Looks far more explosive that from just the gas in the plane.
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/ ... plane.html
According to an FBI agent who asked not to be identified because he isn’t authorized to release information, the incident is being investigated as an accident, although eyewitnesses said the plane seemed to come in at full throttle. He said the plane was out of Waco and that Federal Aviation Administration officials are en route to the scene.
The agent said it was believed the plane had come from Waco, and that witnesses said it had hit the building at full-throttle.......
Anyone think that maybe Toyota made the airplane and it was just one of those stuck throttle cables?
Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:39 am
by 89Hen
mainejeff wrote:As long as you keep them out of f*cking restaurants that I dine at.

I made reservations for you at Chucky Cheese followed by a screening of the latest Pixar movie at the multiplex.
Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:40 am
by mainejeff
I wonder if the guy was a Tea Bagger?
Re: Small plane crashes into Austin, TX office building
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:51 am
by mainejeff
Tried to kill his wife and 12 year old daughter.......neighbors rescued them from their burning home.
