There is an unconfirmed report that the plane was registered to Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle.

Flash: there is now another unconfirmed report that a Yankee team-member was on the plane.
Breukelen advocaat Reviewed by Breukelen advocaat on . SMALL PLANE CRASHES INTO MANHATTAN BUILDING New York Fire Department Says Small Plane Crashes Into Building By Chris Dolmetsch Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- A small plane crashed into a building on the Upper East Side in Manhattan this afternoon, the New York Fire Department said. The fire department was called to East 72nd Street at about 2:42 p.m. local time for a report of a small plane crashing into the 30th floor of the building, the fire department said. To contact the reporter on this story: Chris Dolmetsch in New York at Rating: 5