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TAXES the cause of Plane crashing Into building in Austin, TX + very interesting suicide note.

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A small plane crashed into a building in Austin, TX at 9:30 a.m. The building does not contain an FBI office; the FBI has an office at another building in the same complex. According to Austinist , "There's some wild speculation flying around Twitter that the crash was intentional. Statesman reports eyewitnesses stating that the plane approached the building at 'full throttle.' One nearby eyewitness described the plane's trajectory as 'very controlled.'" Update : "12:42 p.m.: The pilot of the plane had set his house on fire beforehand, stole the plane and crashed it intentionally, a federal official told CNN ." Please take a moment to read this guy's suicide note (.pdf) it is really interesting and sad..

Small plane and helicopter collide over hudson

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One person was rescued from the Hudson River on Saturday after a tour helicopter collided with a small plane, the Coast Guard said. A helicopter believed to have six people on board collided with a plane over the river between Lower Manhattan and Hoboken, New Jersey, New York Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne told CNN. Rescue divers and Coast Guard boats were searching the water. The helicopter belonged to Liberty Helicopter Sightseeing Tours. Arlene Salac, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said the tour company Liberty had confirmed the helicoper was one of its own. The plane apparently left from Teterboro Airport in Teaneck, New Jersey. Salac said radar contact was lost with a small plane this morning, and that is the one the FAA believes. Ron Marsico, spokesman for the New York Port Authority, said a small plane landed at Teterboro to pick up one passenger late Saturday morning. The plane took off at 11:54 a.m., he said. Plane believed to have taken o...

Volcanoes, plane crashes, and doubt.

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BUTTE, Montana (CNN) -- The father of one of the families on a private airplane was piloting when the flight crashed into a cemetery, killing all 14 people on board, federal investigators said Monday. Investigators have not named the victims. St. Helena Hospital in St. Helena, California, said an ophthalmologist who worked there was killed, along with his family ( Mount St. HELENS was last major volcano in us, St. Helena is a volcanic island.) . "The St. Helena Hospital family is filled with such deep sadness over the deaths of Dr. Erin Jacobson, his wife Amy, and their three children, Taylor, Ava and Jude," the hospital said in a written statement, adding, "Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of each victim of this terrible tragedy." The Napa Valley Register reported that the Jacobson children were 4, 3, and 2 years of age. Seven adults and seven children were on the plane traveling for a ski vacation, investigators said. They did not...

50 killed in plane crash near Buffalo.

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CLARENCE CENTER, New York (CNN) -- A Continental Airlines plane crashed into a house near Buffalo, New York, late Thursday, killing all 49 people aboard and a person in the home, authorities said. This is easily the saddest day in the history of our airline," said Philip Trenary, CEO of Colgan Air, which operated the flight for Continental. Continental Connection Flight 3407 , a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 74 -seat turboprop, was en route from Newark, New Jersey, to Buffalo when it went down at around 10:20 p.m. ET, about seven miles from Buffalo Niagara International Airport. A National Transportation Safety Board official said Friday morning the plane's voice and cockpit data recorders had been recovered from the wreckage and were being taken to Washington, D.C., for analysis. Meanwhile, firefighters continued to battle a blaze at the crash site and didn't expected to have it extinguished until Friday afternoon, officials said. Dave Bissonette, Clarence Center's natural ...

Blink 182 crash an occult hit?

A man who came across a fiery jet crash said he saw former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and disc jockey Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein trying to extinguish the flames on their bodies by ripping off their clothing. "We turned to the jet to try and see if there was anything we could do, but immediately, there was nothing anyone could do," William Owens told CNN affiliate WIS in Columbia, South Carolina. "I felt ill or sick to think that these lives were snuffed out at that point." The two men were in critical condition with extensive burns Saturday. The crash killed four other people on board, authorities said. The Learjet 60 carrying six people, including Barker and Goldstein, was taking off from the Columbia Metropolitan Airport in South Carolina on Friday night when it went off the runway. The plane crashed through light towers and an antenna array before crossing a road and stopping at an embankment, authorities said. Owens came across the plane wreck while ...