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{{infobox Aircraft crash
| image = Bomber Crashed into Empire State Building 1945.jpg
| caption = The hole on the side of the [[Empire State Building]]
| date = July 28, 1945
| type = [[Controlled flight into terrain]] (Building) Due to heavy [[fog]]
| occurrence_type = Plane crash
| site = [[Empire State Building]], [[New York City]]
| coordinates =
| fatalities = 14 (3 people on the plane, 11 people In the building)
| survivors = 0
| aircraft_type = B-25 Mitchell
| aircraft_name = North American B-25 Mitchell
| operator = U.S Army Air Forces
| tail_number = 41-30577
| origin = Bedford Army Air Field<br>[[Bedford, Massachusetts]]
| crew = 3
}}
The '''B-25 Empire State Building crash''' was a plane crash that occurred on July 28, 1945. On that date, a B-25 Mitchell plane in heavy [[fog]] crashed into the [[Empire State Building]] in [[New York City]]. It caused 14 deaths (three people in the plane and eleven people in the building). It caused damage of around $1 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://history1900s.about.com/od/1940s/a/empirecrash.htm |title=The Plane That Crashed Into the Empire State Building |author=Jennifer Rosenberg |publisher=about.com |access-date=2013-09-08 |archive-date=2017-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304033843/http://history1900s.about.com/od/1940s/a/empirecrash.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:B-25A Mitchell in flight c1941.jpg|thumb|A B-25 Mitchell like the one that crashed into the Empire State Building.]]
The plane crashed between the 78th and 80th floors of the building, leaving a 18 ft (5.5 m) by 20 ft (6.1 m) hole in the building.<ref name="On This Day in Aviation History: July 28th">{{cite web|url=http://nycaviation.com/2009/07/28/on-this-day-in-aviation-history-july-28th/|title=On This Day in Aviation History: July 28th|last=Molnar |first=Matt|publisher=NYCAviation|access-date=2009-07-28}}</ref> The fire that was started was put out in 40 minutes. It is the only fire at such a height that has been successfully put out.<ref name="On This Day in Aviation History: July 28th"/> [[Elevator]] operator Betty Lou Oliver survived a fall of 75 floors, which is the [[Guinness World Record]] for the longest fall survived in an elevator.<ref name="guinness">{{cite web |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=53746 |title=Longest Fall Survived In An Elevator |publisher=guinnessworldrecords.com |access-date=2017-08-30 |archive-date=2006-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060317041607/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=53746 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> The building was reopened the Monday after the crash.
== 1945 Empire State Building B-25 Crash Media ==
<gallery widths='160px' heights='100%' mode='traditional' caption=''>
File:Empire State Building plane crash wreckage 1945.jpg|Workmen clearing the wreckage
</gallery>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== Other websites ==
*[http://nycaviation.com/2009/07/28/on-this-day-in-aviation-history-july-28th/ On This Day in Aviation History: July 28th]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUlWpqLsOVs Video Footage]
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[[Category:1945 in the United States]]
[[Category:1940s in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States]]
[[Category:Disasters in the 1940s]]
[[Category:History of Manhattan]]
[[Category:20th century in New York City]]
{{infobox Aircraft crash
| image = Bomber Crashed into Empire State Building 1945.jpg
| caption = The hole on the side of the [[Empire State Building]]
| date = July 28, 1945
| type = [[Controlled flight into terrain]] (Building) Due to heavy [[fog]]
| occurrence_type = Plane crash
| site = [[Empire State Building]], [[New York City]]
| coordinates =
| fatalities = 14 (3 people on the plane, 11 people In the building)
| survivors = 0
| aircraft_type = B-25 Mitchell
| aircraft_name = North American B-25 Mitchell
| operator = U.S Army Air Forces
| tail_number = 41-30577
| origin = Bedford Army Air Field<br>[[Bedford, Massachusetts]]
| crew = 3
}}
The '''B-25 Empire State Building crash''' was a plane crash that occurred on July 28, 1945. On that date, a B-25 Mitchell plane in heavy [[fog]] crashed into the [[Empire State Building]] in [[New York City]]. It caused 14 deaths (three people in the plane and eleven people in the building). It caused damage of around $1 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://history1900s.about.com/od/1940s/a/empirecrash.htm |title=The Plane That Crashed Into the Empire State Building |author=Jennifer Rosenberg |publisher=about.com |access-date=2013-09-08 |archive-date=2017-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304033843/http://history1900s.about.com/od/1940s/a/empirecrash.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:B-25A Mitchell in flight c1941.jpg|thumb|A B-25 Mitchell like the one that crashed into the Empire State Building.]]
The plane crashed between the 78th and 80th floors of the building, leaving a 18 ft (5.5 m) by 20 ft (6.1 m) hole in the building.<ref name="On This Day in Aviation History: July 28th">{{cite web|url=http://nycaviation.com/2009/07/28/on-this-day-in-aviation-history-july-28th/|title=On This Day in Aviation History: July 28th|last=Molnar |first=Matt|publisher=NYCAviation|access-date=2009-07-28}}</ref> The fire that was started was put out in 40 minutes. It is the only fire at such a height that has been successfully put out.<ref name="On This Day in Aviation History: July 28th"/> [[Elevator]] operator Betty Lou Oliver survived a fall of 75 floors, which is the [[Guinness World Record]] for the longest fall survived in an elevator.<ref name="guinness">{{cite web |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=53746 |title=Longest Fall Survived In An Elevator |publisher=guinnessworldrecords.com |access-date=2017-08-30 |archive-date=2006-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060317041607/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=53746 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> The building was reopened the Monday after the crash.
== 1945 Empire State Building B-25 Crash Media ==
<gallery widths='160px' heights='100%' mode='traditional' caption=''>
File:Empire State Building plane crash wreckage 1945.jpg|Workmen clearing the wreckage
</gallery>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== Other websites ==
*[http://nycaviation.com/2009/07/28/on-this-day-in-aviation-history-july-28th/ On This Day in Aviation History: July 28th]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUlWpqLsOVs Video Footage]
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[[Category:1945 in the United States]]
[[Category:1940s in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States]]
[[Category:Disasters in the 1940s]]
[[Category:History of Manhattan]]
[[Category:20th century in New York City]]