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The airport. they told us it is a leer jet, they're preparing for a crash landing. we're also told there are eight people on board, and information is coming in, basically by the minute here. you're taking a look at the plane right now. we do have reason to believe it was set to land at that airport anyway. and we have also heard that possibly it did a fly by the control tower and that's the point that they may have determined there was a problem with that landing gear there, john. >> it does look like it has some kind of landing gear down there right now. and it does look like it is descendin...

Geography of this area, the sorj tip of manhattan would be very much near the flight, the landing pattern for jfk airport. it could have been easy for a hijacker to pretend that he was taking that plane to jfk and veer off at the last minute. >> i heard an eyewitness say over washington square he saw a plane go over at 1,000 feet and apparently the american airlines flight and then do what he described as a sharp right turn toward the world trade center. he then lost sight of it. >> one eyewitness here says he was getting off a path train to the world trade center and saw bodies falling out of...

Familiar with the ggraphy of this are the southern tip of manhattan would be very much near the flight, the landing pattern for jfk airport. it could have been easy for a hijacker to pretend that he was taking that plane to jfk and veer off at the last minute. >> i heard one eyewitness say that over washington square, which in the lower reaches of manhattan, you s a plane go over it about 1,000 feet. apparently the american airlines flight and then do what he described as a sharp right turn right toward the world trade center. he then lost sight of it. >> and one eyewitness in this a.p. report...