A small plane has hit an office building in North Austin.
The Echelon building complex is where the St. Edward’s Professional Education Center (PEC) is located; I have classes there, and the PEC building is also the location of the local FBI office. According to the current Statesman reporting, the plane actually hit a building in the complex next to the one the PEC uses.
Edited to add: The Statesman is now quoting the FAA as saying this was “a criminal act”.
Edited to add 2: Unconfirmed speculation is that the pilot was a man named Joseph Stack. There’s an anti-IRS rant/suicide note posted here. The embeddedart.com domain shows in WHOIS as being registered to a Joe Stack in San Marcos, TX.
Edited to add 3: Here’s a link to Internet Archive versions of the embeddedart.com web pages.
Edited to add 4: Some people, mostly on the Infowars.com website, are posting what purports to be information about the pilot. I haven’t been able to confirm any of what’s been posted either in the FAA database or the one at Landings.com. The FAA hasn’t released the plane’s tail number yet, so I haven’t been able to check the registration.
Edited to add 5: The Statesman is now stating that Joseph Andrew Stack is confirmed as the pilot. Apparently Stack also set his house on fire before flying into the building. I have not been able to find a pilot named Joseph Stack or Andrew Stack in the FAA database for Texas and California. The FAA is stating the plane came out of an airport in Georgetown, but they still have not released the tail number.