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American Airlines jet crashes in New York
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.
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