 October 12 2006
A four-place Cirrus SR20 on what appeared to be a sight-seeing trip crashed into the side of a Manhattan high-rise after circling
the Statue of Liberty a little earlier
The 34 year-old 'new' pilot and his flight instructor lost their lives when the machine veered into the side of the building
igniting a fire inside an apartment - it broke apart with debris falling onto the street below
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg reports that only two people on board the aircraft were killed - their bodies were
found on the street below the high-rise
The relativity new aircraft was owned and piloted by a US sporting star - media research suggest a loss of control after an engine
failure - "the
propeller was found separated from the engine"
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