Plane hits Empire State Building

The Empire State Building was constructed to take the impact of a 10-ton aircraft.

Soon fire companies got the blaze under control and were able to extinguish it without any further calamities occurring.

The accident happened in 1945. The Empire State Building still exists.

http://www.withthecommand.com/2002-Jan/NY-empireplane.html

Investigation showed that the structural integrity of the Empire State Building was not compromised by this accident, but the cost to repair the damage was on the order of a million dollars.

http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=179

Reports say that it took three months to repair the 78th and 79th floors, both of which were damaged. Crews had to repair bent girders, seal the walls, and restore the two floors of offices.

Today, the building remains structurally sound, say reports.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92525&page=1

Luckily, the accident occurred on a weekend (Saturday), with only about 1,500 people in the building -- compared with the 10,000-15,000 on an average weekday. Still, 14 died in the accident -- 11 in the building, plus Colonel Smith and the other two occupants of the plane.

Unbeknownst to rescuers, when the hoist and governor cables of one of the elevators had been severed, ropes to other cars had been weakened. Nevertheless, the elevators had to be used to transport those severely injured...

http://www.esbnyc.com/tourism/tourism_facts_esbnews_mar1996....