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A strong wind from the east due to an incoming front caused the plane to be blown into the building as it was making a 180-degree turn. In addition to the deaths of Lidle and Stanger, 26 people were injured in the accident, about half of them New York City firefighters. [16] [17] Lidle was the third Yankee to die in a plane crash.
The airplane struck the Belaire, a 42-story condominium tower at 524 East 72nd Street, [17] nose-first at approximately 30 stories above the ground. [18] The plane hit the apartment owned by Dr. Parviz Benhuri and his wife Ilana, [8] the latter of whom was seated in the room when the plane crashed and, thus, sustained shrapnel injuries and burns.
"Accident on November 12, 2001 in New York." (in French) "Accident survenu le novembre 12, 2001 à New York." Photos of the plane involved in the accident and of the crash scene from Airliners.net "The Mayor's Fund to Advance NYC – Flight 587 Memorial Project". New York City Government Website (NYC.gov).
While originally scheduled to depart at 2:45 pm, delays due to snowfall pushed departure back to 6:01 pm. At takeoff, with a nearly full complement of 95 passengers and 6 crewmembers (3 flight crew and 3 stewardesses), the plane weighed in at 98,575 pounds (44,713 kg), just 265 pounds (120 kg) below maximum takeoff weight.
Wednesday night's plane crash outside Washington, D.C., that killed a yet-unknown number of U.S. figure skaters, coaches and family members was devastating news for the skating community.It also ...
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Five family members who were in Cooperstown, New York, for a baseball tournament died in a plane crash over the weekend. According to a New York State Police press release obtained by NBC News ...
The New York Times. Vol CX. No. 37,583. Saturday 17 December 1960. Park Slope Plane Crash, City Room (The New York Times local news blog), Sunday, December 12–Thursday, December 16, 2010 – A series of articles about the aviation disaster. CNN photo gallery of the crash; Deadly Brooklyn Plane Crash, 1960 – slideshow by Life magazine