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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 20:37 06/12/2007 Plane hits U.S. synagogue; pilot dies, no one hurt inside temple By The Associated Press Tags: Judaism, Israel, Hanukkah  A small plane crashed into the side of a synagogue in Augusta, Georgia, killing the pilot, witnesses said. About a dozen people were inside Congregation Children of Israel's Walton Way Temple cooking a meal on Wednesday night, the second day of Hanukkah, but no one was injured, Rabbi Robert Klensin said. "It's very sad for the pilot who was killed and his family, but it is also a blessing no one else was hurt," said Klensin, who was not at the temple during the crash. Advertisement The pilot apparently tried to land in a nearby school parking lot - the only spot around not covered with homes and trees, witnesses said. "Maybe in the last seconds of life he was looking out for other people," Klensin said. The single-engine Piper had left Charleston, South Carolina, and was headed to Cartersville, northwest of Atlanta, said Peter Knudson of the National Transportation Safety Board. He said the pilot reported an engine problem to air traffic control before crashing. Vallirie D. Hooper, who was on her way to choir practice, said the plane just glided right into the side of the building. "It was hard to tell if the engines were working," Hooper said. "It was a flash and a flame." Klensin said it did not appear that the temple sustained any structural damage. The fire and heat melted some of the roof overhang on the west side of the building, he said. More Jewish World news and features Bookmark to del.icio.us Foreign correspondents Police probe 3 Israeli journalists suspected of unauthorized travel to enemy states. Petrol protest Gaza gas station owners refuse to accept reduced fuel supplies from Israel.   1.   A sad accident 10:23  |  Hastaroth 06/12/07   2.   "God was in Atlanta" 12:57  |  Stephen. 06/12/07   3.   Condolences 13:20  |  Nik "Banned" Miller 06/12/07   4.   Terrorist Attack? 14:18  |  Brod 06/12/07   5.   If it had been a mosque all hell would break loose 14:27  |  Free Gilad Shalit 06/12/07   6.   # 4 Terrorist 14:53  |  Bradley 06/12/07   7.   Bin Laden still alive 14:57  |  Dav. 06/12/07   8.   these small planes are a hazardous hobby 15:35  |  Michelle 06/12/07   9.   If it had been a mosque? 16:44  |  Michael 06/12/07   10.   #4 Terrorist 16:48  |  Mike 06/12/07   11.   Tragic accident 17:43  |  Chris Linthwaite 06/12/07   12.   Michael #8 17:50  |  B 06/12/07   13.   Refrom Temple 18:06  |  Confused in Brooklyn 06/12/07   14.   #4 18:41  |  Len Lippman 06/12/07   15.   RE: "God was in Atlanta" 19:15  |  Daoud 06/12/07   16.   To Mike #9 19:44  |  Mario 06/12/07   17.   What a terrible tragedy for the pilot and......... 20:20  |  Deborah 06/12/07   18.   Michael # 8 20:27  |  Angus 06/12/07   19.   #8 Michael; Not everyone is equal to you. 21:02  |  Murray of Montreal 06/12/07   20.   Deborah`s egregious double standards 21:18  |  Jake 06/12/07   21.   Linthwaite`s moral deriliction 21:20  |  Jake 06/12/07   22.   Murray of Montreal # 15 22:13  |  Bill H. 06/12/07   23.   Why do you call it a "Temple" ? Jews pray in Synigoges... 22:51  |  Jew 06/12/07   24.   confused in Brooklyn 23:13  |  jez 06/12/07   25.   re: Jew 23:27  |  Efox 06/12/07   26.   re: Confused in Brooklyn 23:29  |  Efox 06/12/07   27.   re: Michael 23:32  |  Efox 06/12/07   28.   "Temple" 00:31  |  DGS 07/12/07   29.   #23 "JEW" 00:48  |  Arthur 07/12/07   30.   Michelle from Jerusalem 00:57  |  Bill H. 07/12/07   31.   WHO DID IT? 01:35  |  NEIL GOLAN 07/12/07   32.   the pilot is 01:56  |  wh 07/12/07   33.   Re: #30 03:27  |  Daoud 07/12/07   34.   re: #32 03:29  |  Daoud 07/12/07   35.   #22 Bill H., I wonder if Michael even realizes 03:50  |  Murray of Montreal 07/12/07   36.   Murray of Montreal 19:14  |  Bill H. 07/12/07

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