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November 12, 2001 Posted: 1:16 p.m. EST (1816 GMT) NEW YORK (CNN) -- An American Airlines jet with 255 people on board crashed Monday in a residential neighborhood after taking off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300, went down at 9:17 a.m. EST in the Rockaway section of the New York City borough of Queens about five miles from Kennedy airport. The plane was en route to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. American Airlines said the plane was carrying 246 passengers and nine crew members. A senior Bush administration official told CNN initial indications are that there was an explosion aboard the plane but that the source of the explosion is unknown. White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer said there had been no unusual communications with the cockpit. Asked if there were any indications of terrorism, Fleischer said "We have not ruled anything in; we have not ruled anything out." Fleischer said President Bush had spoken with New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Gov. George Pataki and told them the federal government would do everything it could to help. Fleischer said the National Transportation Safety Board was leading the investigation into the crash. The NTSB said it was preparing a "go team" to travel to the scene, and an Airbus representative was also en route. Giuliani said there were two crash sites -- one where the plane landed and another where an engine landed. Both were about six blocks from a school building. The school was closed for the Veterans Day holiday. At least four houses were on fire, and a huge plume of smoke could be seen rising from the sites. The New York Fire Department dispatched 44 firetrucks and 200 firefighters to the scene. Giuliani declared a Level One emergency, mobilizing all available police, fire and emergency personnel. An eyewitness told CNN, "I was in my kitchen ... and I saw the plane hit the house behind my house. It was so low, I was ducking almost, then huge fireballs, and I jumped out of the ... window of my house. "I ran right across the street ... it's unbelievable," she said, overcome by emotion. "It sounded like two planes. It was flying too low, and then it hit. It was like a bomb exploded." (Full story) Giuliani said his first response to the crash was, "Oh my God." Latest developments • All three New York-area airports -- Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark -- closed after the crash. Kennedy was reopened for the arrival of flights already in the air. • Both national and international air traffic were affected. In Los Angeles, California, airport officials said flights to the three New York-area airports were grounded. British Airways said it had two flights en route to New York at the time of the crash. A spokesman said those planes would be diverted. A Lufthansa flight to New York was grounded. • All of New York's bridges and tunnels were closed after the crash, but they were later reopened to outbound traffic. • CNN confirmed Bush postponed a scheduled meeting with Russian and American reporters so he could meet with advisers to discuss the crash. "The president is on top of it. They're alert; they're watching everything else all over the country," Giuliani said. "So I think people should remain absolutely calm. This can be handled, and we're just being tested one more time. We're going to pass this test, too." • A senior FBI official said there had been no intelligence gathered and no threats made, "nothing to indicate this was an act of terrorism." • The Pentagon said surveillance flights were going on in the area at the time of the crash and nothing unusual had been spotted. • The United Nations went into a partial lockdown after the crash. The U.N. Security Council's president issued a statement expressing shock at the news of the crash and offering "heartfelt sympathies to the people of the United States and families of those who lost their lives." (Full story) • The Empire State Building was evacuated as a security precaution. • About 200 family members of passengers on the plane were waiting at the Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo, said Dominican customs official Evelyn Aredondo. "People are watching TV, waiting to hear something," she said. "They are very upset." • American Airlines set up a telephone number for family members to call for information. The number is 1-800-245-0999. Click here to get 4 free trial issues of TIME Magazine. RELATED SITES: See related sites about US Note: Pages will open in a new browser window External sites are not endorsed by CNN Interactive. 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