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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Small plane slams into Texas office building

clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com

AUSTIN, Texas - A man apparently upset with the Internal Revenue Service set fire to his home, got into a small plane and crashed it Thursday into a multistory office building, authorities said.

At least two people were injured and a third was unaccounted for. The crash caused a fire and sent black smoke billowing from the seven-story Echelon Building.

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clipped from www.myfoxaustin.com

Small Aircraft Crashes into Office Building

AUSTIN, TX (myFOXaustin) - A small aircraft plane has crashed into a 7-story office building in North Austin near Mopac and 183. The plane crashed into the Echelon building around 10 a.m. Thursday morning. Police have blocked off access roads around the building.
clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com

The man was identified as Joseph Stack, officials confirmed to NBC News.

As a precaution, the Colorado-based North American Aerospace Defense Command launched two F-16 aircraft from Houston's Ellington Field to patrol over the crash area.

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