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| Texas plane 'attack' investigated | Texas plane 'attack' investigated |
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| US law enforcement officials are investigating whether a plane that hit a building in Austin, Texas, was a deliberate attack on a tax office. | US law enforcement officials are investigating whether a plane that hit a building in Austin, Texas, was a deliberate attack on a tax office. |
| The pilot of the single-engined plane that hit the seven-storey office has been named as Joseph Andrew Stack. | The pilot of the single-engined plane that hit the seven-storey office has been named as Joseph Andrew Stack. |
| Most employees were evacuated but one person remains unaccounted for, a spokesman for the Austin fire department said. | Most employees were evacuated but one person remains unaccounted for, a spokesman for the Austin fire department said. |
| The White House said the crash did not appear to be an act of terrorism. | The White House said the crash did not appear to be an act of terrorism. |
| Grievance | Grievance |
| A US website has published an apparent suicide note attacking the US tax authorities and signed by the man suspected of piloting the plane. | A US website has published an apparent suicide note attacking the US tax authorities and signed by the man suspected of piloting the plane. |
| However, at this point it is not possible to determine the authenticity of the note or its authorship. | However, at this point it is not possible to determine the authenticity of the note or its authorship. |
| White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said President Barack Obama had been briefed about the incident. | |
| The Department of Homeland Security was investigating the crash, he added. | |
| Two F-16 fighter jets were scrambled from Houston, Texas, after the crash and were patrolling the area. | Two F-16 fighter jets were scrambled from Houston, Texas, after the crash and were patrolling the area. |
| Heather Wills, from Austin, told the BBC that she was driving past when she saw the huge cloud of black smoke. | Heather Wills, from Austin, told the BBC that she was driving past when she saw the huge cloud of black smoke. |
| "As I got nearer I could see flames leaping out of the building - the flames were two storeys high. I could hear the glass windows shattering from the heat. | "As I got nearer I could see flames leaping out of the building - the flames were two storeys high. I could hear the glass windows shattering from the heat. |
| "My first thought was that it was a fire. The traffic was backed up all along the freeway." | "My first thought was that it was a fire. The traffic was backed up all along the freeway." |
| A law enforcement official told US media they were checking possible links to reports of a domestic dispute in Georgetown, Texas, and allegations that the suspect in that dispute burned down his home before allegedly taking off in the plane. | A law enforcement official told US media they were checking possible links to reports of a domestic dispute in Georgetown, Texas, and allegations that the suspect in that dispute burned down his home before allegedly taking off in the plane. |
| Lynn Lunsford of the Federal Aviation Administration said the pilot did not file a flight plan. | Lynn Lunsford of the Federal Aviation Administration said the pilot did not file a flight plan. |
| A spokesman for the Austin fire department said the plane hit the building at 0956 local time (1556 GMT). | A spokesman for the Austin fire department said the plane hit the building at 0956 local time (1556 GMT). |
| He said two people had been taken to hospital, but it is not clear if they were seriously injured. | He said two people had been taken to hospital, but it is not clear if they were seriously injured. |
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