Cirrus SR22 Plane was used in Austin Crash

The Cirrus SR22 is a four seat, single engine aircraft manufactured by Cirrus Design Corporation. The company was established in 1984 having its headquarters at Duluth, Minnesota.

The reason the SR22 plane has become the center of attention on the internet world is because of the fact that the plane flown, into Echelon building, Austin, by Joe Stack was none other than the Cirrus designed SR22.

The SR22 is the latest and mightier version of Cirrus SR20 having a larger wingspan and greater fueling capacity. The SR22 also has a powerful engine of 310 horsepower as compared to 200hp of the SR20 version. The aircraft also has an emergency system known as Cirrus Aircraft Parachute System (CAPS) which has the ability to safely land the aircraft on its own in a crisis situation. Due to this reason the aircraft has been admired by the aviation aircraft fans and has been the best-selling single engine aircraft worldwide.

Stack, a software engineer, seemed frustrated by the Internal Revenue Service policies due to which he was robbed time and again of his hard earned life-time savings. In his suicidal note Stack also blamed the U.S. government of helping business tycoons to cover up their misdeeds and immoral policies and acts by supplying funds to them but in turn depriving him of his painfully earned fortunes. He also accused the church of receiving unfair tax exemptions and labeled them corrupt institutions.

On Thursday, he set his on fire before proceeding to Georgetown Municipal Airport and riding a SR22 right into Echelon building which housed the offices of government agencies like FBI and IRS.