Angry at federal government, a pilot lashes out.
A small plane crashedinto a federal government office complex in Austin, Texas, thismorning, causing a massive fire and extensive damage to the building.While the story is still unfolding, a number of important details havealready emerged about the pilot and his apparent motivations for theallegedly intentional crash:
The building complex houses IRS, CIA and FBI offices.
The structure, called the Echelon building, is locatedin the 9400 block of Research Boulevard in Austin, Texas, and housesoffices for the Internal Revenue Service, including its civilenforcement and criminal investigation divisions, reports the Austin Statesmen. Offices for the CIA and FBI are also locted in the building complex, but were not hit in the crash.There are no reported deaths, except the pilot
At the site, there is one person still unaccounted for; two people have been hospitalized with injuries.
The pilot is Joseph Andrew Stack, of Waco, Texas
The plane was a a single-engine, fixed-wing Piper PA-28-236 Dakota. It was reportedlypiloted by — and owned by — Waco resident Joseph Andrew Stack.According to CNN, Stack burned down his house before crashing the planeinto the Echelon building.
The crash seems to have been intentional
Business Insider has discoveredan “anti-big brother rant” on the website EmbeddedArt.com, which isowned by a “Joe Stack,” and is “almost certainly from the pilot.” Toread the full manifesto, click here.
The incident has not yet been labled “terrorism”
Authorities are refraining from using the word “terrorism.” But the Federal Aviation Administration says the crash was“apparently a criminal act.” Department of Homeland Security spokesmanMatt Chandler told CNN that, “At this time we have no reason to believethere is a nexus to criminal or terrorist activity.”