Fears plane crashes were acts of terrorism
FBI investigating reports of plane hijacking before World Trade Centre crashes.
The FBI told CNN that they have not yet established if it was a terrorist act.
The FBI told CNN that they have not yet established if it was a terrorist act.
A US Official has said that the crashes " appear to be acts of terrorism".
Two jet airliners crashed into the World Trade Centre in New York within minutes of each other today.
Witnesses were just describing the horror of the first impact when another passenger plane crashed into building, on the other side and below the first impact.
An eyewitness said the first plane appeared to hit one of the skyscraper’s twin towers about 20 floors from the top.
He said he thought the plane was still embedded in the smashed and burning building.
Another he said it appeared that the first plane lined up on the tower before crashing.
Jeanne Yurman, told CNN she was watching TV when she heard what she thought was a sonic boom. ‘‘I thought it was Concorde,’’ she said.
There was no immediate word on injuries or fatalities in the twin disasters, which happened shortly before 9 am (1300 BST) and then right around 9 am
The towers were struck by bombers in February 1993.
’’The plane was coming in low and it looked like it hit at a slight angle,’’ said Sean Murtagh, a CNN vice president.
Large holes were visible in sides of the 110 storey buildings, landmark twin towers.
The tops of the twin towers were obscured by the smoke.
Thousands of pieces of what appeared to be office paper came drifting over Brooklyn, about three miles from the tower, one witness said.
The centre bombing in February 1993, killing six people and injured more than 1,000 others.
In 1945, an Army Air Corps B-25, a twin-engine bomber, crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building in dense fog.
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