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flight restrictions, CNN International live television coverage, October 11, 2006 On July 28, 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber of the United States Army Air Forces crashed into the Empire State Building in New York City, while flying in thick fog. The B-25 Mitchell bomber, with two pilots and one passenger aboard, was flying from New Bedford, Massachusetts, to LaGuardia Airport in New York City. Both people aboard the aircraft were killed in the accident: Radar measurements show that, immediately before the crash, Lidle's aircraft was flying at 112 mph (180 km/h) at 700 feet (210 m) altitudeIn an interview Lidle gave about a month earlier, he stated he had been a pilot for seven months and had flown about 95 solo hours.On October 13, 2006, two days after the crash, the FAA banned all fixed-winged aircraft from the East River corridor unless in contact with local air traffic control. A small banner plane flying over the beach along the coast crashed into an 18-story apartment building shortly before noon.

The crash spurred the passage of the long-pending The aircraft struck the north side of the building causing a fire in several apartments, which was extinguished within two hours. On Saturday, July 28, 1945, Lieutenant Colonel William F. Smith Jr. was piloting a At 9:40 a.m., the aircraft crashed into the north side of the Between 50 and 60 sightseers were on the 86th floor observation deck when the crash happened. Plane That Crashed Into NYC Building Flown By Yanks' Cory Lidle So the plane that crashed into the Belaire buildling on the Upper East Side of Manhattan about two … The new rule, which took effect immediately, required all small aircraft (with the exception of The NTSB's final hearing on May 1, 2007, determined that "the pilots' inadequate planning, judgment, and airmanship in the performance of a 180-degree turn maneuver inside of a limited turning space" caused the crash.A lawsuit brought by Lidle's family against the manufacturer of the aircraft, The Belaire building after the fire caused by the crash was extinguishedJudgement Call: Lidle accident may lead to tighter N.Y.C.

As it came into the metropolitan area on that Saturday morning, the fog was particularly thick. Upon hitting the building, the plane …

The accident caused the death of fourteen people (three crewmen and eleven people in the building) and damage estimated at US$ 1 million (equivalent to about $14M in 2019), although the building's structural integrity was … Fourteen people were killed: Colonel Smith, Staff Sergeant Christopher Domitrovich, and Despite the damage and loss of life, the building was open for business on many floors on the next Monday morning, less than 48 hours later.

On October 11, 2006, a Cirrus SR20 aircraft crashed into the Belaire Apartments in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, at about 2:42 p.m. EDT (18:42 UTC). Air-traffic controllers instructed the plane to fly to Newark Airport instead.