Commuter Plane Crashes Into Home in Upstate NY
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: February 13, 2009
Filed at 12:01 a.m. ET
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- New York state police say a 50-passenger commuter plane has crashed into a home in suburban Buffalo.
State Trooper John Manthey says the plane hit a house in Clarence around 10:10 p.m. Thursday. The house is engulfed in flames.
He says they don't know whether there were any passengers on the plane. They also don't know if there were any injuries in the home.
Manthey says the plane may have been headed to Buffalo Niagara International Airport. He says they have called the Federal Aviation Administration.
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49 killed as plane crashes into Clarence Center home
Forty-nine people reportedly died when an aircraft identified as a Continental Airlines flight crashed into a house in Clarence Center shortly after 10 p.m. last night, starting a huge fire which poured thick smoke throughout the hamlet.
Unconfirmed reports from a source at Buffalo Niagara International Airport said that the dead included 44 passengers, four crew members and a person on the ground.
County Executive Chris Collins said that there may have been as many as 50 people aboard the plane and crew members had reported mechanical problems as they approached Buffalo Niagara International Airport. Several injured people were taken from the scene to Erie County Medical Center for treatment.
Television reports said the crash site was 6050 Long St., not far from the Clarence Center Fire Hall on Clarence Center Road. Police said that one man was in the residence at the time of the crash.
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Published: February 13, 2009
Filed at 12:01 a.m. ET
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- New York state police say a 50-passenger commuter plane has crashed into a home in suburban Buffalo.
State Trooper John Manthey says the plane hit a house in Clarence around 10:10 p.m. Thursday. The house is engulfed in flames.
He says they don't know whether there were any passengers on the plane. They also don't know if there were any injuries in the home.
Manthey says the plane may have been headed to Buffalo Niagara International Airport. He says they have called the Federal Aviation Administration.
Source
ETA dearpencilpal
49 killed as plane crashes into Clarence Center home
Forty-nine people reportedly died when an aircraft identified as a Continental Airlines flight crashed into a house in Clarence Center shortly after 10 p.m. last night, starting a huge fire which poured thick smoke throughout the hamlet.
Unconfirmed reports from a source at Buffalo Niagara International Airport said that the dead included 44 passengers, four crew members and a person on the ground.
County Executive Chris Collins said that there may have been as many as 50 people aboard the plane and crew members had reported mechanical problems as they approached Buffalo Niagara International Airport. Several injured people were taken from the scene to Erie County Medical Center for treatment.
Television reports said the crash site was 6050 Long St., not far from the Clarence Center Fire Hall on Clarence Center Road. Police said that one man was in the residence at the time of the crash.
:( If more detailed articles or video come out, let me know.