Small plane crashes into building Austin Texas

[Palehorse]

CNN) -- A small airplane crashed Thursday morning into a building in Austin, Texas, said Lynn Lundsford of the Federal Aviation Administration.

Firefighters used a ladder truck and other equipment to hose down the blaze at the building, which police said was located in the 9400 block of Research Boulevard.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/18/texas.plane.crash/index.html?hpt=T1

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-410564?hpt=T1 Video of scene

[Palehorse]

CNN) -- The latest news as it comes in to CNN from the scene of the crash of a small plane in Austin, Texas. (All times are ET, one hour ahead of local Austin time.)

12:49 p.m.: The Internal Revenue Service in Dallas, Texas, told CNN that the building is a federal IRS outsourced building. It said 199 of its employees work there. The IRS said it thinks all employees are accounted for, but they are checking.

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.

12:40 p.m.: Federal officials said two F-16 fighter jets were launched as a precaution after the crash, though terrorist intent was not indicated.

Moreover, it is being reported that the pilot intentionally crashed the aircraft into the building after stealing the plane!

[Palehorse]

(CNN) -- The latest news as it comes in to CNN from the scene of the crash of a small plane in Austin, Texas. (All times are ET, one hour ahead of local Austin time.)

1:59 p.m.: Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell said one person in the building was unaccounted for

1:47 p.m.: A message on a Web site registered to Joseph Andrew Stack appears to be a suicide note: "If you're reading this, you're no doubt asking yourself, 'Why did this have to happen?'" the message says. "The simple truth is that it is complicated and has been coming for a long time." In the long message, the writer rails against the government and, particularly, the Internal Revenue Service.

1:43 p.m. A federal law enforcement official confirmed Stack's name and said he owned a house that was burned Thursday. Asked whether Stack set the fire, the official replied, "It appears that way."

1:40 p.m. The official said the plane was a Piper and that officials believe Stack owned it. Initially there was confusion that the plane was stolen, but the official said that officials no longer believe that is true. Asked whether it was suicide, the official said "it looks like it."

Same link as opening post.

[Locutus]

Another asshole pissed off at .gov probably because he owed back taxes or some such.

[Locutus]

Any bets as to whether the IRS has an office in the building that was hit?

[Palehorse]

Any bets as to whether the IRS has an office in the building that was hit?

They do. 199 IRS employees work there and it is an IRS subleased building.

[Palehorse]

Another victim of the IRS Gestapo tactics it would appear.