NEW YORK (CNN) — Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor were killed Wednesday when the 34-year-old ballplayer’s plane crashed into a high-rise apartment building in New York, city and baseball team officials said……
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Small Aircraft Hits Building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Police Say
NEW YORK (AP) — A small plane crashed into a high-rise on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, police said Wednesday. There was no immediate word on any deaths or injuries.
A column of gray smoke rose over the city, and raging flames could be seen in four windows on two upper floors.
A small aircraft has crashed into a high-rise residential building at 72nd Street and York in Manhattan, police said. Police are en route to the site, said to be at 525 E. 72nd Street. Flames and smoke could be seen pouring from the high rise apartment as fire engines raced to the scene.
Fighter aircraft are being put in the air over several U.S. cities as a precautionary measure, NORAD tells CNN.