New York

[markymark]

Any news on the plane crash in New York guys?

 

[MarknSue]

ditto

 

[Seano846]

They are saying it was an inbound American Airlines 767s. It hit a residential area in Rockaway Beach. Several Homes Hit

 

[MarknSue]

ditto
its extremely difficult to log to news sites in the uk
does anyone know what has happened?
MnS

 

[markymark]

Originally posted by Seano846
They are saying it was an inbound American Airlines 767s. It hit a residential area in Rockaway Beach. Several Homes Hit

Seano - try to keep us informed if you are able.

 

[Seano846]

A guy who witnessed it go down just said that he saw one of the engines fall off, then it went down. They are now saying it was Flight 587 Leaving New York to Santo Domingo

 

[markymark]

This is all I can find at the moment:-

Sky News

 

[Seano846]

All Airports in the area are closed, They are closing the bridges and tunnels also.I hope this was only an accident
247 Passangers 9 Crew

 

[MarknSue]

i cant even load that page, and the beeb site is frozen
any further updates are very much appreciated from those of you near a radio or tv

 

[Seano846]

NYC is on its Highest Alert, Level 1

 

[Seano846]

Another witness is saying that it appeard the plane was on fire, then it fell straight down

 

[markymark]

Is there anything that can be construed as a specific target in this area or is it all residential?

 

[Seano846]

Its Basically a blue collar middle class neighborhood. The most notable landmark in the area I guess would be Coney Island

 

[Tink]

Here's something from IWON.com:

An American Airlines Airbus A300 crashed Monday morning in the Queens section of New York, and buildings reportedly were on fire in the neighborhood.

The plane crashed shortly after 9 a.m. and thick, black smoke could be seen miles away.

All metro area airports were closed following the crash, in the Rockaways section of Queens.

The mayor canceled his morning events and headed to the scene.


One eyewitness reported debris falling from sky, and told the Fox News Channel four homes were on fire.

Another told CNN he was 40 blocks away and saw "Just a lot of smoke. Tons and tons of smoke. You can see emergency vehicles heading to area. Lots of people are standing in the streets. It's very tense."

The cause of the crash was not immediately known.

The crash came two months after the attack on the World Trade Center, which was destroyed by two Boeing 767s hijacked out of Boston's Logan Airport. One of the planes was operated by American, the other by United.

 

[Seano846]

NYC(manhattan) is on a full lockdown

 

[Seano846]

The Mayor just said there are 2 crash sites, one where the plane went down and the other where the engine went down, so it does appear that an engine fell off the plane

 

[DisneyFreak]

It sounds as if the plane went down in Far Rockaway. Here is a map of Queens to give some of you a better idea how close the airport is to this neighborhood. (look at bottom of map)

http://www.queens.nyc.ny.us/map_boundaries.htm

 

[Seano846]

Great Map, if you look on the bottom, the area of the crash is in the Belle Harbor area

 

[Fievel]

Bush administration saying that they think there may have been an explosion on the plane before it went down.

 

[DMC-12]

well the latest is the engine landed in someones back yard, the wing is in the bay, One piece of debris set aflame a Texaco gas station, and of course the plane is at 129th and Newport. so the thing broke apart before it hit nose first at 129th and Newport.


Here is a pic the AA a-300 airbus: