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A small plane has crashed into an office building in Austin, Texas, that houses local FBI, CIA, and IRS offices . The scene is 20 miles from the nearest airport, and witnesses say the plane “hit the building full-throttle.” UPDATE: The pilot, Joseph Andrew Stack, left an online suicide note . He was angry at the IRS. Two people are reported missing, and witnesses describe an enormous explosion. The plane is reported to be a Piper Cherokee 140, and cable newsers are speculating that it’s unlikely that such a plane could produce an explosion of that size without the aid of additional fuel or explosives onboard. The plane hit the Echelon building in Austin. Witnesses say it was flying low and fast and appeared to be in control. UPDATE: Joseph Andrew Stack is the registered owner of a Piper Cherokee (otherwise known as a Piper P28), which is the model that witnesses say crashed into the building. It was originally registered in California, where, according to public databases, he used to live: Here’s what one looks like: The plane’s last filed flight path was from Portales, N.M., to a municipal airport in Georgetown, Texas, which is about 30 miles north of Austin and may be where he kept the plane: UPDATE: CNN is now reporting that Joseph Andrew Stack, a registered pilot and plane owner, allegedly set his house on fire this morning and is suspected of being the pilot who his the building. UPDATE: An MSNBC producer says via Twitter that local news station KXAN in Austin is reporting that a local pilot set his home on fire with his wife and daughter inside this morning and then flew his plane into the building. CLARIFICATION: We initially had the suspect as Andrew Joseph Stack, which is how public databases listed his name, but that appears to be an error.

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