A small airplane has crashed into a high-rise residential building in New York City, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation says there is no indication that terrorism is the cause. 

Image from TV footage from scene of aircraft accident on New York City's upper East side, Oct. 11, 2006

Television footage from the scene showed fire and smoke pouring out of four windows on two upper floors of the residential building on Manhattan's upper east side. The crash rained flaming debris on the streets below.

Police and rescue officials are on the scene. At least two fatalities are being reported.

Despite indications that the crash was an accident, the North American air defense agency, NORAD, sent out fighter aircraft to patrol the airspace over several U.S. cities. It would not identify those cities.

The crash struck fear into a city that was devastated by the attacks of Sept. 11th, 2001, when terrorists flew jumbo jets into each of the World Trade Center's twin towers.