Small Plane crashes into Echelon Building in Austin on 183
Thursday, February 18th, 2010 at 10:35 am by pylorns
Entire Echelon(click for street view) 9420 Research Blvd. building is on fire (Echelon I building) – entire front structure of the building is gone. The building is a 7 story building. People have been evacuated and traffic has been re-routed. A Piper 150 Cherokee apparently hit the building. The location is across from the Best Buy/Container Store/Whole Foods etc in the Arboretum area.
Tucker Thurman was driving to work on the U.S. 183 flyover near MoPac Boulevard (Loop 1) when he said he saw a small plane, very low, flying over the highway. He said he saw it then bank heavily to the right before heading into the building.
“There was a huge fireball. It went right into the building,” Thurman said.
Live streaming cameras:
http://www.statesman.com/news/traffic-cameras-119369.html
Update: FBI has an office in the building according to @breakingnews (This is incorrect)
Update: Ustream link live
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/northwest-austin-plane-crash
Update: IRS may have a building in there
Update (10:48am) : Fox News Streaming Video:
http://www.myfoxaustin.com/generic/news/live_news/myfoxaustin_livestream_index
Update: The AFD is looking for victims -IRS, CIA have offices but FBI states they don’t believe they have an office in that building – but near the complex or buildings.
Update (1054am): Officials say Austin plane crash appears accidental; early reports are injuries, but no initial word of any fatalities.
Update: 10:59 more on location:
Update: 11:02 – eye witness states pilot dipped the left wing – was 100 yards or less away from the building – he noticed that the plane was too low – he was coming north to south and it was coming east to west. Still two people unaccounted for in the building.
Update:11:10: Fire Chief(Assistant Chief) 2 individuals have been transported and 1 is unaccounted for now- power is out so crews can work. Crews are currently trying to put the fire out. Heavy fire/destruction is on the 2nd floor – impact appears to be on the 2nd floor. Police: streets in the area – jollyville, research closed. No electricity in immediate area. Streets and power will be shut until they get more control. Police state there are Federal offices in the building hit – but are not confirming any.
Update: 11:17 the plane *could* be a private plane traveling from Waco. Plane appears to have come down from the north and was paralleling 183 and made erratic turns before going into the building.
Update 11:26: FoxNews: Pilot set fire to his home before crashing the plane into the office building.
National News picking up the story feed. The IRS has 199 employees in the building
Update: From the bad ad placement department CNN did this. http://www.awholelotofnothin.com/?p=250
Update: Bad comments from chat channel: : Kevin Smith was on the plane. It was too heavy to pull up.
Update 12:49 – manifesto left by Joe Stack who flew the plane into the building. Here is the actual website that has the manifesto by Joe Stack.
Here isthe whois information for that site:
Registrant:
Embedded Art
925 E Hwy 80
287
San Marcos, TX 78666
USDomain name: EMBEDDEDART.COM
Administrative Contact:
Stack, Joe
925 E Hwy 80
287
San Marcos, TX 78666
US
1.3215649879
Technical Contact:
Stack, Joe
925 E Hwy 80
287
San Marcos, TX 78666
US
1.3215649879Registration Service Provider:
Everyones Internet,http://www.ev1servers.net
Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
Record last updated on 16-Sep-2006.
Record expires on 05-Jun-2010.
Record created on 05-Jun-2003.Registrar Domain Name Help Center:
http://domainhelp.tucows.com
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.T35.NET
NS2.T35.NETDomain status: ok
Wow.
Update 1:15 his house was in Scofield Farms. Georgetown airport officials say federal officials have sealed the airport. A plane departed at 9:40am this morning from that airport.
Update: 2:15pm Some media is trying to pin this guy as a Tea-Party-Tea-Bag Right wing nut job. If they bothered to read the manifesto they’ll see very anti-government and anti-religion hate speech and pro-communisit anti-capitolistic speech. He was not some right-wing nut.
Update (2/19/10 8am) Reports coming in that everyone is accounted for now in the building.

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