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fly a plane into a skyscraper
This appears to refer to Joseph Stack's 2010 Austin attack, but he crashed into an IRS office building, not a skyscraper.
Full reasoning
The surrounding details strongly identify the incident being referenced: a "disgruntled programmer" who already had a pilot's license. That matches Joseph Andrew Stack III, an unemployed software engineer/pilot who deliberately flew his plane into the Echelon office building in Austin, Texas, on February 18, 2010.
Contemporaneous reporting described the target as a seven-story office building housing IRS offices, not a skyscraper. For example, The Washington Post reported that about 190 IRS employees worked in the "seven-story office building", and the Los Angeles Times likewise reported that Stack piloted his plane into the "seven-story building" where IRS employees worked.
So the historical example is being described inaccurately here: Stack did fly a plane into a building, but it was an office building / mid-rise building, not a skyscraper.
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- Suicide pilot crashes into building in Texas housing IRS offices - Los Angeles Times
He piloted his plane into the seven-story building where 190 IRS employees work in the state capital.
- Pilot slams into IRS offices in Texas - The Washington Post
About 190 IRS employees work on the lower floors of the privately owned, seven-story office building, she said.