Airplane crashes into downtown Anchorage Building, suicidal pilot suspected

[enhanced_deficit]

Airplane crashes into downtown Anchorage, sparks blazing inferno

http://cbsnews2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2015/12/29/57abb1d1-299a-4950-a9da-c555ccf69a85/thumbnail/620x350/294fe3a1c120515bcefa1ce84fcaf4b7/untitled-2.jpg A small plane crashed into downtown Anchorage, Alaska, killing at least one person and leaving behind a trail of wreckage and fire.

CBS affiliate KTVA

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A small plane clipped a downtown Anchorage office building and then slammed into a nearby commercial building Tuesday, killing at least one person onboard, authorities said.
Anchorage Assistant Fire Chief Alex Boyd said there were no injuries on the ground, but it's unclear if anyone else was in the plane.
The plane was with the Civil Air Patrol, National Transportation Safety Board representative Clint Johnson told CBS affiliate KTVA (http://www.ktva.com/just-in-small-plane-crashes-into-buildings-in-downtown-anchorage-598/), but it was unclear if it was a sanctioned flight.

The plane clipped the corner of the office building, where some state employees work, at about 6:20 a.m. It then crashed into the lower side of an adjacent multi-story commercial building, setting it on fire.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/airplane-crashes-into-downtown-anchorage-sparks-blazing-inferno/

[TheTexan]

It then crashed into the lower side of an adjacent multi-story commercial building, setting it on fire.

And the building is still standing?!!??

[enhanced_deficit]

And the building is still standing?!!??

I had read somewhere that steel used in tall buildings is treated to withstand fires.

[Ender]

And the building is still standing?!!??

Miracle! Whodda thunk! :rolleyes:

[The Northbreather]

Just a few more of these and no more civilian pilots, government only....

[enhanced_deficit]

From details that have come out so far it may not have been terror motive but appears to b e suicide revenge motive attack by the pilot on his wife's office building:

https://cdanews.com/2016/01/fbi-investigates-case-after-alaska-man-crashes-plane-into-wifes-office/




Just a few more of these and no more civilian pilots, government only....

CAP is a subsidiary of US Air Force.

[GunnyFreedom]

From details that have come out so far it may not have been terror motive but appears to b e suicide revenge motive attack by the pilot on his wife's office building:

https://cdanews.com/2016/01/fbi-investigates-case-after-alaska-man-crashes-plane-into-wifes-office/





CAP is a subsidiary of US Air Force.

Civilian auxiliary. Not subsidiary.

[enhanced_deficit]

Civilian auxiliary. Not subsidiary.

Ok, I stand corrected.

Perhaps some overlap in common use meaning though.

Full Definition of auxiliary

1 a : offering or providing help b : functioning in a subsidiary (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subsidiary[1]) capacity <an auxiliary branch of the state university>

[GunnyFreedom]

Ok, I stand corrected.

Perhaps some overlap in common use meaning though.

Full Definition of auxiliary



1 a : offering or providing help b : functioning in a subsidiary (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subsidiary[1]) capacity <an auxiliary branch of the state university>


Some overlap in common use, but not in practical usage as the CAP is defined. There is no chain of command from the USAF to the CAP. The USAF is allowed to ask the CAP to do a few narrowly limited things, but the CAP is free to say no. The USAF does not fund the CAP. In the instances where an auxiliary meets the definition of subsidiary, as in the definition offered above, there is always a unified chain of command and funding relies on the parent body. This is not the case with the CAP vis the USAF.