February 18, 2010

Pictures of the Austin, Texas plane crash

A software engineer furious with the Internal Revenue Service plowed his small plane into an office building housing nearly 200 federal tax employees on Thursday, officials said, setting off a raging fire that sent workers fleeing as thick plumes of black smoke poured into the air. This gallery contains images of the aftermath.

The Associated Press

Smoke billows from a seven-story building after a small private plane crashed into the building in Austin, Texas on Thursday Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)

Smoke billows from a seven-story building after a small private plane crashed into the building in Austin, Texas on Thursday Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner/)

Officials investigate the scene where a small private plane crashed into a building that houses an office of the federal tax agency in Austin, Texas on Thursday Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Rodolfo Gonzalez)

Debris is seen at the scene where a small private plane crashed into a building that houses an office of the federal tax agency in Austin, Texas on Thursday Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Rodolfo Gonzalez)

Smoke billows from a seven-story building after a small private plane crashed into the building in Austin, Texas on Thursday Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)

In this aerial view, smoke billows from a seven-story building after a small private plane crashed into a building that houses an office of the federal tax agency in Austin, Texas on Thursday Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Austin-American Statesman, Alberto Martinez)

Smoke billows from a seven-story building after a small private plane crashed into the building in Austin, Texas on Thursday Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)

Officials are seen at the scene where smoke billows from a seven-story building after a small private plane crashed into the building in Austin, Texas on Thursday Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)

Firefighters work on putting out a fire at a seven-story building after a small private plane crashed into a building that houses the Internal Revenue Service in Austin, Texas on Thursday Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)

In this image made from KVUE-TV video, smoke billows from a seven-story building after a small private plane crashed into the building in Austin, Texas on Thursday Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/KVUE-TV)

In this photo provided by Grant Abston, smoke billows from a seven-story building after a small private plane crashed into the building in Austin, Texas on Thursday Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Courtesy Grant Abston)

In this photo provided by Trey Jones, smoke billows from a seven-story building in Austin, Texas after a small private plane crashed into it Thursday Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Trey Jones)

Smoke billows from a seven-story building after a small private plane crashed into the building in Austin, Texas on Thursday Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Claudia Grisales)

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A software engineer furious with the Internal Revenue Service plowed his small plane into an office building housing nearly 200 federal tax employees on Thursday, officials said, setting off a raging fire that sent workers fleeing as thick plumes of black smoke poured into the air. This gallery contains images of the aftermath.

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