Now 5 hours after the plane crash that killed the pilot only, more of this story is unraveling.
A small, private plane crashed into a downtown Tampa office building Saturday evening, killing the lone occupant, a 15-year-old student pilot, authorities said. For onlookers in the city’s downtown area, it was an eerie echo of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York, but the FBI determined that the Tampa crash was not the result of a terrorist act. Two Air Force jets were scrambled to the scene as a precaution.
The young man was identified as Charles J. Bishop, 15, of Palm Harbor, Fla. He was just dropped off for a flying lesson around 5:00 pm and according to his instructor, "he had dissappeared" along with an airplane.
To sum this up, it was a dumb kid with some training of flying a plane, that took off with it, UN-authorized, and hit a building. Like news streams are saying, this was not terrorism, so sit back down in your seat.
Now lets see. A total of 5 planes have hit buildings within less than a year. Something doesn't seem right. Someone better buff up security in some areas.
A small single engine private plane has smashed into a building in Tampa, Florida about an hour ago. (5:30 PM est.) Firefighters arrived on the scene immediatly only to say that the building did not seem to be on fire.
(This is a breaking story. More will be posted as it becomes available)