Austin Plane Crash, House Fire Could Be Connected

DOUG DELONY
MyFoxHouston.com
Feb. 18, 2010

HOUSTON - In an interview with KLBJ radio, a woman says she believes the plane that crashed into an Austin office building on Thursday is that of an in-law who burned his house down the night before.

"My little niece is his step daughter," said the woman in an interview with KLBJ radio. "He burned their house down last night. My sister had gone over there last night to get them out of the house. They spent the night in a motel."

The woman, whose name was not immediately clear, went on to say the man's plane is now missing. She says the incident started as a domestic dispute.

"They checked before ten o'clock. His plane is gone. His car is at the hangar in Round Rock."

The woman says the description of the plane that crashed in Austin matches the description of the woman's family member.

Round Rock is located about 25 miles north of the crash site.

Federal officials tell FOX in Austin they are looking into the possibility the crash may not be an accident, however, Homeland Security has ruled out any possibility of terrorism.

Read more about the crash: http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/texas/100218-small-plane-crashes-into-austin-building