Commuter plane crashes into home in upstate NY

Commuter plane crashes into home in upstate NY
BUFFALO, N.Y., Fri Feb 13, 01:02 AM
A plane burns after it crashed into a house in Clarence Center, N.Y., Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. New York State Police say the plane was a 50-passenger commuter aircraft.(AP Photo/David Duprey)


An emergency director says there have been "multiple fatalities" after a Continental Express plane with 48 people aboard crashed into a suburban Buffalo home and erupted in flames.

Authorities say Flight 3407 from Newark, N.J., hit a house in Clarence around 10:10 p.m. Thursday.

Clarence emergency control director Dave Bissonet says the crash killed one person on the ground and an unknown number of people on the plane.

He says the plane was approaching Buffalo Niagara International Airport, about 10 miles away.

Twelve homes near the crash site have been evacuated.

Continental Airlines says the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 operated by Manassas, Va.-based Colgan Air was operating between Newark Liberty International Airport and Buffalo Niagara International Airport.

Message edited 2/13/2009 1:36:26 AM.

Re: Commuter plane crashes into home in upstate NY

this is a sad story
This plane though was a 74 passenger plane.
I did hear one of the passengers is a 9/11 widower
I pray for all the families involved

Message edited 2/13/2009 6:42:30 AM.

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how terrible

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One of our employees was on the next plane that landed in Buffalo 9 minutes later. When DH and I woke up this morning we were in a panic until we found out it wasn't his flight.

Thoughts and prayers go out to all of those poor families.

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And this is why I HATE living in a flight path. It is a huge fear of mine.

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Posted by Kissy331

this is a sad story
This plane though was a 74 passenger plane.
I did hear one of the passengers is a 9/11 widower
I pray for all the families involved

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Posted by Aga

Posted by Kissy331

this is a sad story
This plane though was a 74 passenger plane.
I did hear one of the passengers is a 9/11 widower
I pray for all the families involved

they just said on the news that it was 9/11 widow...

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Posted by kristinel

Posted by Aga

Posted by Kissy331

this is a sad story
This plane though was a 74 passenger plane.
I did hear one of the passengers is a 9/11 widower
I pray for all the families involved

they just said on the news that it was 9/11 widow...

I heard that too. Although quite sad, how does her being a 9/11 widow make her death more tragic than the others on the plane? I really hate how the media does things like this.

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Posted by kristinel

Posted by Aga

Posted by Kissy331

this is a sad story
This plane though was a 74 passenger plane.
I did hear one of the passengers is a 9/11 widower
I pray for all the families involved

they just said on the news that it was 9/11 widow...

I heard that too. Although quite sad, how does her being a 9/11 widow make her death more tragic than the others on the plane? I really hate how the media does things like this.

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Posted by Mikismom

Posted by kristinel

Posted by Aga

Posted by Kissy331

this is a sad story
This plane though was a 74 passenger plane.
I did hear one of the passengers is a 9/11 widower
I pray for all the families involved

they just said on the news that it was 9/11 widow...

I heard that too. Although quite sad, how does her being a 9/11 widow make her death more tragic than the others on the plane? I really hate how the media does things like this.

I do not think anyone is saying something is MORE tragic than another but let's be real...a family loses TWO family members to a plane crash, that is pretty terrible
i agree...i mean the family members have to endure this again:???

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Posted by Mikismom

I do not think anyone is saying something is MORE tragic than another but let's be real...a family loses TWO family members to a plane crash, that is pretty terrible

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I take this flight when i visit my brother in PA.

I HATE HATE HATE it.

for some reason it scares me more than any other trip I've been on.

I wonder why it went down...so close to the airport too.

my prayers go out to everyone that lost someone on that plan.

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It's terrible, I feel so bad for the victims and their families.

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such a sad story..

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This is so sad. My bf woke me up this morning to tell me since he is from that part of NY. My are with the families of all those involved

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all those poor people. how sad.

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Such a sad sad story Prayers for the the family members and friends that lost loved ones

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My family lives near the crash site - their news channels have been saying that the weather played a factor with ice being on the wings, which cause major issues during flights. They were 6 miles or so from the airport. The pictures from the ground are nightmarish - just one large ball of orange flame.

Prayers to all the victims. Two people were able to escape the house before it burst into flames.