[_] American Airlines jet crashes in New York
mike karthauser
mikek at brightstorm.co.uk
Mon Nov 12 16:48:17 GMT 2001
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American Airlines jet crashes in New York
November 12, 2001 Posted: 10:06 AM EST (1506 GMT)
Smoke rises Monday morning from the crash site in Queens, New York.
NEW YORK (CNN) -- An American Airlines jet with 255 people on board crashed
Monday on takeoff from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
The plane went down at 9:17 a.m. EST in the Rockways section of the New York
City borough of Queens, about five miles from Kennedy Airport.
CNN confirmed the plane was American Airlines Flight 587 from New York to
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The plane was a Boeing Airbus A300. The
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the plane was carrying 246
passengers and nine crew members.
Asked if terrorism was suspected, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman
Bill Schumann said, "All options are open at this time. We have very limited
information."
The Pentagon said surveillance fights were going on in the area and nothing
unusual had been spotted.
At least four houses were on fire, and a huge plume of smoke could be seen
rising from the site. The New York Fire Department dispatched 44 firetrucks
and 200 firefighters to the scene.
All three New York City-area airports -- Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark --
closed after the crash, along with all the city's bridges and tunnels. Mayor
Rudy Giuliani declared a Level One emergency, mobilizing all available
police, fire and emergency personnel.
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Mike Karthauser - email:mikek at brightstorm.co.uk - phone:0117 9426653
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American Airlines jet crashes in New York
November 12, 2001 Posted: 10:06 AM EST (1506 GMT)
Smoke rises Monday morning from the crash site in Queens, New York.
NEW YORK (CNN) -- An American Airlines jet with 255 people on board crashed
Monday on takeoff from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
The plane went down at 9:17 a.m. EST in the Rockways section of the New York
City borough of Queens, about five miles from Kennedy Airport.
CNN confirmed the plane was American Airlines Flight 587 from New York to
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The plane was a Boeing Airbus A300. The
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the plane was carrying 246
passengers and nine crew members.
Asked if terrorism was suspected, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman
Bill Schumann said, "All options are open at this time. We have very limited
information."
The Pentagon said surveillance fights were going on in the area and nothing
unusual had been spotted.
At least four houses were on fire, and a huge plume of smoke could be seen
rising from the site. The New York Fire Department dispatched 44 firetrucks
and 200 firefighters to the scene.
All three New York City-area airports -- Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark --
closed after the crash, along with all the city's bridges and tunnels. Mayor
Rudy Giuliani declared a Level One emergency, mobilizing all available
police, fire and emergency personnel.
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Mike Karthauser - email:mikek at brightstorm.co.uk - phone:0117 9426653
brightstorm - curiously online - http://www.brightstorm.co.uk