/clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 1 1 4/18/02 12:22 CNN CNN.com - Plane hits skyscraper in Milan - April 18, 2002 /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 1 2 4/18/02 12:22 CNN CNNenEspanol.com A small plane has hit a skyscraper in central Milan, setting the top floors of the 30-story building on fire, an Italian journalist told CNN. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 1 3 4/18/02 12:22 CNN The crash by the Piper tourist plane into the 26th floor occurred at 5:50 p.m. (1450 GMT) on Thursday, said journalist Desideria Cavina. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 1 4 4/18/02 12:22 CNN The building houses government offices and is next to the city's central train station. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 1 5 4/18/02 12:22 CNN Several storeys of the building were engulfed in fire, she said. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 1 6 4/18/02 12:22 CNN Italian TV says the crash put a hole in the 25th floor of the Pirelli building, and 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/clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 2 1 4/18/02 12:32 CNN CNN.com - Plane hits skyscraper in Milan - April 18, 2002 /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 2 2 4/18/02 12:32 CNN CNNenEspanol.com A small plane has hit a skyscraper in central Milan, setting the top floors of the 30-story building on fire, an Italian journalist told CNN. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 2 3 4/18/02 12:32 CNN The crash by the Piper tourist plane into the 26th floor occurred at 5:50 p.m. (1450 GMT) on Thursday, said journalist Desideria Cavina. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 2 4 4/18/02 12:32 CNN The building houses government offices and is next to the city's central train station. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 2 5 4/18/02 12:32 CNN Several storeys of the building were engulfed in fire, she said. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 2 6 4/18/02 12:32 CNN Italian TV showed a hole in the side of the Pirelli building with smoke pouring from the opening. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 2 7 4/18/02 12:32 CNN RAI state TV reported that the plane had apparently radioed an SOS because of engine trouble. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 2 8 4/18/02 12:32 CNN Earlier though, in Rome, the senate's president, Marcello Pera, said it "very probably" appeared to be a terrorist attack. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 2 9 4/18/02 12:32 CNN Police and ambulances are at the scene. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 2 10 4/18/02 12:32 CNN Many people were on the streets as they left work for the evening at the time of the crash. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 2 11 4/18/02 12:32 CNN Police were trying to keep people away, and many ambulances were on the scene. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 2 12 4/18/02 12:32 CNN There is no word yet on casualties. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 2 13 4/18/02 12:32 CNN TV pictures from the scene evoked horrific memories of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the collapse of the building's twin towers. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 2 14 4/18/02 12:32 CNN "I heard a strange bang so I went to the window and outside I saw the windows of the Pirelli building blown out and then I saw smoke coming from them," said Gianluca Liberto, an engineer who was working in the area told Reuters. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 2 15 4/18/02 12:32 CNN The building is known as the Pirelli skyscraper but the Italian tyre and cable company does not operate out of the building. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 2 16 4/18/02 12:32 CNN It is one of the symbols of Italy's financial capital and is one of the world's tallest concrete buildings, designed between 1955 and 1960. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 2 17 4/18/02 12:32 CNN U.N. envoy horror at Jenin camp U.S. bombing kills Canadians Chinese missiles concern U.S. 2002 Cable News 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was clear at the time of the crash. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 6 4/18/02 13:42 FOX Police officer Celerissimo De Simone said the pilot of the Piper aircraft had sent out a distress call at 5:50 p.m. just before the crash near Milan's main train station. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 7 4/18/02 13:42 FOX RAI state TV reported that the pilot said the SOS was because of engine trouble. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 8 4/18/02 13:42 FOX The plane had taken off from Locarno, Switzerland, and was heading to Milan's Linate airport, De Simone said. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 9 4/18/02 13:42 FOX Earlier, in Rome, the senate's president, Marcello Pera, said it "very probably" appeared to be a terrorist attack. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 10 4/18/02 13:42 FOX But Pera's spokesman later said he had spoken with the Interior Minister and the crash didn't appear to be any kind of an attack. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 11 4/18/02 13:42 FOX There were holes on both sides of the slim skyscraper. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 12 4/18/02 13:42 FOX "It sounded like a bomb. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 13 4/18/02 13:42 FOX The pavement shook like an earthquake," said a woman identifying herself only as Lucia. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 14 4/18/02 13:42 FOX "It was shocking," said Luccheta Antonio, 52, a barber down the block. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 15 4/18/02 13:42 FOX "The windows shook and the mirrors." /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 16 4/18/02 13:42 FOX "It was a violent explosion," said Stefano Bottazzi, 35, who works in a skyscraper 500 yards from building. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 17 4/18/02 13:42 FOX "The clock fell to the floor." /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 18 4/18/02 13:42 FOX On the streets, rescue workers in orange uniforms helped the injured including a man with a bloody shirt holding his head. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 19 4/18/02 13:42 FOX Ambulances streamed into the area and pedestrians peered upward. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 20 4/18/02 13:42 FOX The crash put a hole in the 25th floor of the Pirelli building. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 21 4/18/02 13:42 FOX Police cordoned off the area as people gawked at the skyscraper. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 22 4/18/02 13:42 FOX At 30 stories high, the Pirelli skyscraper, located near the central train station, is Italy's first skyscraper and one of the world's tallest concrete buildings. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 23 4/18/02 13:42 FOX It was built in 1958 and designed by architects Gio Ponti and Pier Luigi Nervi. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 24 4/18/02 13:42 FOX The building is one of the main symbols of 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/clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 30 4/18/02 13:42 FOX In Washington, the FBI was trying to learn more about the incident. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 31 4/18/02 13:42 FOX One official said bureau personnel were assisting their Italian counterparts in the investigation. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 32 4/18/02 13:42 FOX It was the second time since the Sept. 11 terror attacks on New York and Washington that a plane has struck a high-rise building. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 33 4/18/02 13:42 FOX On Jan. 5, a 15-year-old boy crashed a stolen plane into a building in Tampa, Fla. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 34 4/18/02 13:42 FOX He was the only casualty. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 35 4/18/02 13:42 FOX The Associated Press contributed to this report. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 25 36 4/18/02 13:42 FOX Privacy Statement. 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/clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 1 4/18/02 15:36 FOX FOXNews.com /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 2 4/18/02 15:36 FOX Thursday: Smoke billows from the Pirelli building after a small plane crashed into it. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 3 4/18/02 15:36 FOX MILAN, Italy A small plane smashed into the tallest building in Milan Thursday evening, causing smoke to pour out of the heavily damaged top floors of the skyscraper. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 4 4/18/02 15:36 FOX Three people were reported killed and dozens of others were injured. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 5 4/18/02 15:36 FOX There were initial fears that the midtown crash was a terrorist attack it was the second time since Sept. 11 that a plane has struck a high-rise building but officials later said that it appeared to have been a tragic accident. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 6 4/18/02 15:36 FOX "It sounded like a bomb. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 7 4/18/02 15:36 FOX The pavement shook like an earthquake," said a woman identifying herself only as Lucia. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 8 4/18/02 15:36 FOX Some eyewitnesses reported that the plane was on fire before crashing into the 30-story Pirelli building, Milan Police Office Celerissimo De Simone said. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 9 4/18/02 15:36 FOX The Rockwell Commander plane, en route from Switzerland on a 20-minute flight to Milan, punched a hole in the 25th floor of the building, sparking a smoky fire that was quickly put out. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 10 4/18/02 15:36 FOX Rescuers helped bloodied men in business suits evacuate the building. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 11 4/18/02 15:36 FOX The weather was clear at the time of the crash, which occurred near the end of the work day and left gaping holes on both sides of the slim skyscraper. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 12 4/18/02 15:36 FOX A large section of an entire floor lost its walls, and smoke and liquid poured from the gash in one side of the building. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 13 4/18/02 15:36 FOX "The initial information that the Interior Ministry has leads us to lean toward an accident," Interior Minister Claudio Scajola said. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 14 4/18/02 15:36 FOX The pilot, identified as 75-year-old Luigi Sasulo of Pregassona, Switzerland, had sent out a distress call at 5:54 p.m. just before the crash near Milan's main train station, said De Simone. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 15 4/18/02 15:36 FOX RAI state TV reported that the pilot said he was experiencing engine trouble. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 16 4/18/02 15:36 FOX "We believe it isn't a terrorist attack," said police Sgt. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 17 4/18/02 15:36 FOX Vincenzo Curto, who was reached at the Carabinieri headquarters in Milan. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 18 4/18/02 15:36 FOX "The pilot might have taken ill or it was an engine problem." /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 19 4/18/02 15:36 FOX In Rome, a spokesman for the senate president, Marcello Pera, said the interior minister had informed him that the crash didn't appear to be a terror attack. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 20 4/18/02 15:36 FOX Earlier, Pera had said it "very probably" was an attack. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 21 4/18/02 15:36 FOX The plane had taken off from Locarno, Switzerland, 50 miles northwest of Milan, and was heading to Milan's Linate airport. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 22 4/18/02 15:36 FOX Patrick Herr, spokesman for the Swiss air traffic control office SKYGUIDE, said the plane left Locarno at 5.15 p.m. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 23 4/18/02 15:36 FOX A woman who worked on the eighth floor, well below the crash, said she saw 10 people injured and bleeding. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 24 4/18/02 15:36 FOX News reports said at least 30 were taken to the hospital. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 25 4/18/02 15:36 FOX One Milan hospital, Fatebene Fratelli, said it had received 20 injured, including a woman with burns. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 26 4/18/02 15:36 FOX "It was shocking," said Luccheta Antonio, 52, a barber down the block. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 27 4/18/02 15:36 FOX "The windows shook, and the mirrors." /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 28 4/18/02 15:36 FOX "It was a violent explosion," said Stefano Bottazzi, 35, who works in a skyscraper 500 yards from building. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 29 4/18/02 15:36 FOX "The clock fell to the floor." /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 30 4/18/02 15:36 FOX On the streets, rescue workers in orange uniforms helped the injured. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 31 4/18/02 15:36 FOX Ambulances streamed into the area and pedestrians peered upward. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 32 4/18/02 15:36 FOX As ambulance crews worked, a man with his shirt splattered with blood and his hand covering a gash on his head was rushed from the scene. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 33 4/18/02 15:36 FOX Police cordoned off the area as passersby gawked at the skyscraper. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 34 4/18/02 15:36 FOX At 30 stories high, the Pirelli structure, located near the central train station, is Italy's first skyscraper and one of the world's tallest concrete buildings. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 35 4/18/02 15:36 FOX It was built in 1958 and designed by architects Gio Ponti and Pier Luigi Nervi. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 36 4/18/02 15:36 FOX The building is one of the main symbols of Milan, along with the city's cathedral. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 37 4/18/02 15:36 FOX The skyscraper, built of concrete and glass with a diamond-shaped floor plan, has inspired design around the world including the MetLife building in New York. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 38 4/18/02 15:36 FOX National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and White House chief of staff Andrew Card broke the news of the crash to President Bush, White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 39 4/18/02 15:36 FOX "I think you can presume that we will be if we are not already in touch with Italian authorities and will ascertain precisely what the facts are," he said. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 40 4/18/02 15:36 FOX FBI personnel were assisting their Italian counterparts in the investigation, an FBI official said. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 41 4/18/02 15:36 FOX U.S. authorities had no intelligence suggesting any kind of terrorist attack was imminent in Milan, a U.S. official said. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 42 4/18/02 15:36 FOX On March 27, the State Department issued a warning for American citizens traveling in four Italian cities, including Milan, during Easter. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 43 4/18/02 15:36 FOX The warning said the possible threat was based on information about "extremist groups." /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 44 4/18/02 15:36 FOX It was the second time since the Sept. 11 terror attacks that a plane has struck a high-rise building. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 45 4/18/02 15:36 FOX On Jan. 5, a 15-year-old boy flying alone crashed a stolen plane into a building in Tampa, Fla. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 46 4/18/02 15:36 FOX The boy, Charles Bishop, left behind a suicide note saying that Al Qaeda terrorists had tried to recruit him, but police said there was no truth to the claim. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 47 4/18/02 15:36 FOX Relatives of the boy, who was the only fatality, have filed a lawsuit claiming the acne drug Accutane was behind his suicide. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 48 4/18/02 15:36 FOX U.S. officials have called a mosque and cultural center in Milan "the main Al Qaeda station house in Europe." /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 49 4/18/02 15:36 FOX Since Sept. 11, several individuals have been arrested in Milan as part of a crackdown on suspected Islamic militants. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 50 4/18/02 15:36 FOX Italian authorities uncovered an alleged Al Qaeda plot in January, 2001, to attack the U.S. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 51 4/18/02 15:36 FOX Embassy in Rome and are investigating 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/clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 60 4/18/02 15:36 FOX Crash Brought Memories of Sept. 11 Outside the U.S.? /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 61 4/18/02 15:36 FOX U.S. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 43 62 4/18/02 15:36 FOX Regional Maps / Forecasts U.S. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 16 1 4/18/02 12:52 ABC ABCNEWS.com : Plane Slams Into Milan Skyscraper /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 16 2 4/18/02 12:52 ABC The Pirelli Building in Milan, Italy, was hit by a small plane. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 16 3 4/18/02 12:52 ABC (ABCNEWS.com) 8212; A small plane crashed into a skyscraper in downtown Milan today, setting several floors of the 30-story building on fire. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 16 4 4/18/02 12:52 ABC The plane crashed into the 25th floor of the Pirelli building in downtown Milan. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 16 5 4/18/02 12:52 ABC The weather was clear at the time of the crash. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 16 6 4/18/02 12:52 ABC Smoke poured from the opening as police and ambulances rushed to the area. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 16 7 4/18/02 12:52 ABC The president of the Italian Senate, Marcello Pera, told Italian television it "very probably" appeared to be a terrorist attack but soon afterwards his spokesman said it was probably an accident. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 16 8 4/18/02 12:52 ABC A transport official told Reuters the plane had reported problems with its undercarriage and was circling the city ahead of trying to land at a local airport. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 16 9 4/18/02 12:52 ABC The Pirelli building houses the administrative offices of the local Lombardy region and sits next to the city's central train station. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 16 10 4/18/02 12:52 ABC It is constructed of concrete and glass. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 16 11 4/18/02 12:52 ABC The crash happened just before rush hour, as office workers were closing their day. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 16 12 4/18/02 12:52 ABC ABCNEWS' Pierre Thomas contributed to this report. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 16 13 4/18/02 12:52 ABC Copyright 2002 ABCNEWS Internet Ventures. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 1 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday USATODAY.com - Small plane slams into Milan skyscraper /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 2 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday Smoke billows from the Pirelli building. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 3 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday MILAN, Italy (AP) A small plane with only the pilot on board on Thursday crashed into a landmark skyscraper in downtown Milan. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 4 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday Smoke poured out of the 30-story building and there was no immediate word of any victims. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 5 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday The building houses the regional government offices, authorities said. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 6 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday Police officer Celerissimo De Simone said the pilot of the Piper aircraft sent out a distress call at 5:50 p.m. just before the crash near Milan's main train station. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 7 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday RAI state TV reported that the pilot said the SOS was because of engine trouble. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 8 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday The weather was clear at the time. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 9 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday Police cordoned off the area as people gawked at the skyscraper. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 10 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday At least one ambulance was dispatched. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 11 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday Initially, Marcello Pera, president of Italy's senate, said it "very probably" appeared to be a terrorist attack. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 12 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday Later, his spokesman said Pera had spoken with the Interior Minister and the crash didn't appear to be any kind of an attack. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 13 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday The crash put a hole in the 25th floor of the Pirelli building, and smoke was seen pouring from the opening. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 14 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday Police and ambulances rushed to the building. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 15 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday The Pirelli skyscraper, located near the central train station, is Italy's first skyscraper and one of the world's tallest concrete buildings. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 16 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday It was built in 1958 and designed by architects Gio Ponti and Pier Luigi Nervi. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 17 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday The building is one of the main symbols of Milan, along with the city's cathedral. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 18 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday "The president just moments ago was informed about the incident in Milan. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 19 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday I have no additional information at all for you at this time. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 20 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday This is a breaking story and we don't have anything else beyond that." /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 21 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday It was the second time since the Sept. 11 terror attacks on New York and Washington that a plane has struck a high-rise building. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 22 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday On Jan. 5, a 15-year-old boy crashed a stolen plane into a building in Tampa, Fla. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 23 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday He was the only casualty. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 24 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday Copyright 2002 The Associated Press. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 25 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday All rights reserved. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 26 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 27 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday Gannett Co. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 21 28 4/18/02 13:03 USAToday Inc. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 1 4/18/02 15:02 ABC ABCNEWS.com : Plane Slams Into Milan Skyscraper /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 2 4/18/02 15:02 ABC The Pirelli Building in Milan, Italy, was hit by a small plane. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 3 4/18/02 15:02 ABC (ABCNEWS.com) 8212; A small plane crashed into the 25th floor of a skyscraper in downtown Milan today. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 4 4/18/02 15:02 ABC At least three people, including the pilot, were dead, Italy's ANSA wire service said. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 5 4/18/02 15:02 ABC Dozens of people in the Pirelli building were injured after several floors of the 32-story building caught fire, local reports said. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 6 4/18/02 15:02 ABC At least 15 were taken to the hospital. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 7 4/18/02 15:02 ABC Only the pilot was on board the plane, reported The Associated Press. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 8 4/18/02 15:02 ABC The weather was clear at the time of the crash. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 9 4/18/02 15:02 ABC The crash happened during rush hour, as office workers were ending their day, so few people were in the building when it happened. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 10 4/18/02 15:02 ABC The building has since been cleared, and the fire is now under control, reported ABCNEWS' Rome bureau. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 11 4/18/02 15:02 ABC It damaged the 23rd through the 29th floors, which were being restored and weren't occupied at the time, local reports said. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 12 4/18/02 15:02 ABC A man who was on the 21st floor at the time the plane hit said the building was evacuated in an orderly fashion. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 13 4/18/02 15:02 ABC The Pirelli building houses the administrative offices of the local Lombardy region and sits next to the city's central train station. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 14 4/18/02 15:02 ABC A small tourist plane crashed into the tallest building in Milan. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 15 4/18/02 15:02 ABC (ABCNEWS.com/Magellan Geographix) The plane was destined for Italy's capital Rome, and departed from Lucerne airport in Switzerland, sources from the National Air Safety board told ANSA. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 16 4/18/02 15:02 ABC It was the second time since the Sept. 11 terror attacks that a plane has struck a high-rise building, and the crash raised fears of another attack. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 17 4/18/02 15:02 ABC But local officials now say it was probably an accident. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 18 4/18/02 15:02 ABC A transport official told Reuters the plane had reported problems with its undercarriage and was circling the city ahead of trying to land at a local airport. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 19 4/18/02 15:02 ABC Police officer Celerissimo De Simone told The AP the pilot of the aircraft had sent out a distress call at 5:54 p.m. just before crashing. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 20 4/18/02 15:02 ABC Italian TV said the pilot's SOS involved a technical problem. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 21 4/18/02 15:02 ABC Police say the plane was an Air Commando 8212; a small plane similar to a Piper. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 22 4/18/02 15:02 ABC Initial reports described the plane as a Piper, but did not note the specific model. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 23 4/18/02 15:02 ABC According to ABCNEWS aviation expert John Nance, Piper planes have no history of mechanical troubles or other problems that would lead a pilot to lose control. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 24 4/18/02 15:02 ABC 'Those aircraft have direct mechanical controls," says Nance. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 25 4/18/02 15:02 ABC "If you have a control problem, it would be the loss of an engine, and those are either controllable or not." /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 26 4/18/02 15:02 ABC U.S. officials told ABCNEWS they had no indication the crash was a terrorist attack. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 27 4/18/02 15:02 ABC Neither American nor Italian forces were on heightened alert, they said. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 28 4/18/02 15:02 ABC The FBI has offered help in the crash investigation, but it remains to be seen if Italy will accept. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 29 4/18/02 15:02 ABC At his lunchtime press briefing today, White House press secretary Ari Fleischer told reporters: "The president just moments ago was informed about the incident in Milan. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 30 4/18/02 15:02 ABC I have no additional information at all for you at this time. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 31 4/18/02 15:02 ABC This is a breaking story and we don't have anything else beyond that 8212; the president has been informed." /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 32 4/18/02 15:02 ABC "I think you can presume that we will be 8212; if we are not already 8212; in touch with Italian authorities and will ascertain precisely what the facts are," he said. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 33 4/18/02 15:02 ABC Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was on his way back to Italy from Bulgaria, and a crisis center is being set up. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 34 4/18/02 15:02 ABC Airspace at the local Linate airport was reportedly cleared, but Milan's Malpensa international airport, further away from the city center, was not affected. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 35 4/18/02 15:02 ABC On Jan. 5, a 15-year-old boy crashed a stolen plane into a building in Tampa, Fla. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 36 4/18/02 15:02 ABC He was the only casualty. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 37 4/18/02 15:02 ABC ABCNEWS' Rome bureau and John McWethy at the Pentagon contributed to this report. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 38 4/18/02 15:02 ABC April 18 8212; The Pirelli building, struck today by a small airplane, is Milan's tallest building, and is one of the world's highest concrete skyscrapers. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 39 4/18/02 15:02 ABC Built in the late 1950s, the office building stands 32 stories tall, or about 417 feet, according to the Web site, SkyScraperPage.com. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 40 4/18/02 15:02 ABC Other sources say the building is 30 stories tall. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 41 4/18/02 15:02 ABC By comparison, Paris' Eiffel Tower is about twice as tall, and New York's Empire State Building is 102 stories, or 1,455 feet tall. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 42 4/18/02 15:02 ABC Nevertheless, with its location near the city's central train station and its height relative to the buildings around it, the Pirelli building is considered a landmark and symbol of the commercial city of Milan. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 43 4/18/02 15:02 ABC The building was designed by the architect Gio Ponti, along with one of Italy's most important 20th-century structural engineers, Pier Luigi Nervi (1891-1979), known for his use of reinforced concrete. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 44 4/18/02 15:02 ABC Pirelli, the tire and cable company, does not operate out of the Pirelli building. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 45 4/18/02 15:02 ABC However, the office building houses the government administration of the Lombardy region of Italy. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 36 46 4/18/02 15:02 ABC Copyright 2002 ABCNEWS Internet Ventures. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 19 1 4/18/02 13:00 MSNBC Small plane hits Milan building /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 19 2 4/18/02 13:00 MSNBC Smoke rises from the Milan skyscraper. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 19 3 4/18/02 13:00 MSNBC A small airplane crashed into a government building in heart of Milan, setting the top floors on fire, Italian police reported. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 19 4 4/18/02 13:00 MSNBC There were no immediate reports on casualties as rescue workers attempted to clear the area in the city s financial district. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 19 5 4/18/02 13:00 MSNBC Few details of the crash were available, but news reports about it immediately set off fears that it might be a terrorist act akin to the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 19 6 4/18/02 13:00 MSNBC Those fears sent U.S. stocks tumbling to session lows in late morning trading. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 19 7 4/18/02 13:00 MSNBC WITNESSES REPORTED hearing a loud explosion from the 30-story office building, which houses the administrative offices of the local Lombardy region and sits next to the city s central train station. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 19 8 4/18/02 13:00 MSNBC Italian state television said the crash put a hole in the 25th floor of the Pirelli building. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 19 9 4/18/02 13:00 MSNBC News reports said smoke poured from the opening. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 19 10 4/18/02 13:00 MSNBC Police and ambulances rushed to the building in downtown Milan. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 19 11 4/18/02 13:00 MSNBC No further details were immediately available. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 19 12 4/18/02 13:00 MSNBC Check back for additional details on this breaking story. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 19 13 4/18/02 13:00 MSNBC The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 1 4/18/02 13:42 ABC ABCNEWS.com : Plane Slams Into Milan Skyscraper /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 2 4/18/02 13:42 ABC The Pirelli Building in Milan, Italy, was hit by a small plane. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 3 4/18/02 13:42 ABC (ABCNEWS.com) 8212; A small plane crashed into a skyscraper in downtown Milan today, setting several floors of the 32-story building on fire. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 4 4/18/02 13:42 ABC At least two people are dead, including the pilot, Italy's ANSA wire service said. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 5 4/18/02 13:42 ABC The plane crashed into the 25th floor of the Pirelli building in downtown Milan. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 6 4/18/02 13:42 ABC The weather was clear at the time of the crash. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 7 4/18/02 13:42 ABC Italian TV reported the bottom floors of the building had been evacuated, and that many people were injured. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 8 4/18/02 13:42 ABC The Associated Press reported only the pilot was on board. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 9 4/18/02 13:42 ABC The plane was destined for Italy's capital Rome, but there were conflicting reports as to whether it had come from Locarno, Switzerland or Sofia, Bulgaria. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 10 4/18/02 13:42 ABC Smoke poured from the opening as police and ambulances rushed to the area. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 11 4/18/02 13:42 ABC The fire devastated two floors of the building, but is now under control, reported ABCNEWS' Rome bureau. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 12 4/18/02 13:42 ABC There were initial fears that the crash could have been a terrorist attack, but local officials now say it was probably an accident. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 13 4/18/02 13:42 ABC A transport official told Reuters the plane had reported problems with its undercarriage and was circling the city ahead of trying to land at a local airport. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 14 4/18/02 13:42 ABC Police officer Celerissimo De Simone told The AP the pilot of the Piper aircraft had sent out a distress call at 5:50 p.m. just before crashing. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 15 4/18/02 13:42 ABC Italian TV said the pilot SOS involved a technical problem.The crash happened during rush hour, as office workers were ending their day. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 16 4/18/02 13:42 ABC A small tourist plane crashed into the tallest building in Milan. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 17 4/18/02 13:42 ABC (ABCNEWS.com/Magellan Geographix) The Pirelli building houses the administrative offices of the local Lombardy region and sits next to the city's central train station. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 18 4/18/02 13:42 ABC It is one of the world's tallest concrete buildings, and one of the main symbols of Milan. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 19 4/18/02 13:42 ABC At his lunchtime press briefing today, White House press secretary Ari Fleischer told reporters: "The president just moments ago was informed about the incident in Milan. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 20 4/18/02 13:42 ABC I have no additional information at all for you at this time. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 21 4/18/02 13:42 ABC This is a breaking story and we don't have anything else beyond that 8212; the president has been informed." /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 22 4/18/02 13:42 ABC "I think you can presume that we will be 8212; if we are not already 8212; in touch with Italian authorities and will ascertain precisely what the facts are," he said. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 23 4/18/02 13:42 ABC The world has been on edge about airplane crashes into buildings since the Sept. 11 terror attacks. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 24 4/18/02 13:42 ABC On Jan. 5, a 15-year-old boy crashed a stolen plane into a building in Tampa, Fla. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 25 4/18/02 13:42 ABC He was the only casualty. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 26 4/18/02 13:42 ABC April 18 8212; The 32-story Pirelli Building, struck today by a small airplane, is Milan's tallest building, and is one of the world's highest concrete skyscrapers. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 27 4/18/02 13:42 ABC Built in the 1950s, the office building stands 32 stories tall, or about 417 feet, according to the Web site, SkyScraperPage.com. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 28 4/18/02 13:42 ABC By comparison, New York's Empire State Building is 102 stories, or 1,455 feet. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 29 4/18/02 13:42 ABC Centrally located near the city's train station, the Pirelli Building was designed by the architect Gio Ponti, and one of Italy's most important 20th-century structural engineers, Pier Luigi Nervi (1891-1979), known for his use of reinforced concrete. /clair6/corpora/CST03/families/manual/ milan9 23 30 4/18/02 13:42 ABC Copyright 2002 ABCNEWS Internet Ventures.