from witnesses, i-reporters, who snapped into action very quickly, getting us dramatic pictures, and video, of the crash site, and i know you re helping us tell the story as well. absolutely. we spoke with cynthia reed moments ago, i called every station i could find. a lot of concern for anyone who was in the building. as you were speaking with jeanne, we got a little more information from the faa, this time from ft. worth, rather than d.c., faa telling the plane did depart georgetown, texas, as you heard. 45 minutes in turned toward the south and started descending. we re also being told at the faa in texas, it was a cirrus flight. it s a breaking news situation. cnn is reaching out on every single front we have, trying to reach all the numbers we can to get you all the latest information about what s happened there in austin. let me talk to you. one of the first concerns people have is how many people might be injure today. we spoke with the representative
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full tank, correct? well, there is evidence that the plane s gas tank was just about full. i don t know what the capacity of the tank is, and probably something on the order of 40 to 60 gallons, because that amount of gasoline, when you spray it out over a large area can do a lot of damage. by the way, i am a former pilot and i because delta air lines pilot for 31 years, so i have a little bit of familiarity for this. and you are right, the piper pa 28 seems to have a range of 660 miles, and he has probably flown 15 miles from the georgetown airport where you are. as the crow flies, that is a good guess. so, i imagine, fellows the more gas you have and the higher velocity at impact you are going, the bigger boom you will get? more fuel on more stuff in that building making it catch fire. and that does seem, mayor, and i don t know what you thishgs bnk
whether it gives us some indication this was a deliberate attempt to flew right into the irs offices at the building what we can also tell you as we ve been reporting throughout the day, joseph stack does, indeed, own a piper cherokee, a fixed single engine plane. it matches the address for his software business in california. therefore, you can deduce this is a man who was experienced in at least flying piper cherokee planes. as we ve also been reporting throughout the day is a widely flown plane. it isn t a terribly difficult plane to fly. seen at virtually every airport in the country. former ntsb investigator pointed out it carries about 40 gallons of fuel. clearly, the many questions they will be asking as they sift through this debris, as they do their tests, metallurgy tests, was there an additional accelerant on board. we have no answer for that the