Plane Hits Florida Bank Building
A small plane crashed into the Federal Reserve Bank Building during a holiday party Thursday night, killing the pilot, officials said. No one inside the building was injured.
“It appears to be an accident,” said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown in Washington.
More than 100 people including the bank’s current and former directors were in the one-story building when the aircraft slammed into the northeast side, exploded and burst into flames.
Based on communications between the pilot and air traffic controllers, Brown said the plane likely was coming from Marathon in the Florida Keys and was bound for New Smyrna Beach on the central east coast.
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