A Continental plane has crashed into a house in Buffalo, New York

[Amby 490]

that's all I see online now...they're saying on tv that at least 40 have died

[Amby 490]

Flight was from Newark to Buffalo, they think 48 people were on board

[Amby 490]

BUFFALO, New York - New York state police said a 50-passenger commuter plane has crashed into a home in suburban Buffalo.

State Trooper John Manthey said the plane hit a house in Clarence around 10:10 p.m. EST 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 authorities have called the Federal Aviation Administration.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29173163/

[Amby 490]

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.

http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/577959.html

[Amby 490]

[William33 110]

Harsh....

Plane crashes into house in suburban Buffalo

Story Highlights

Continental airliner crashed into a house in suburban Buffalo

FAA says 48 people were aboard the jetliner

Officials say there are multiple fatalities

The plane was flying from Newark, New Jersey, to Buffalo

(CNN) -- A Continental airliner crashed into a house in suburban Buffalo, New York, CNN has confirmed.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the plane crashed around 10 p.m. Thursday in the town of Clarence.

CNN affiliate WGRZ reported the plane was heading to Buffalo from Newark, New Jersey.

Officials also said there are multiple fatalities. The FAA also reported two people who were not on the plane were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

The wierd part of the story......

[Amby 490]

the two people who weren't on the plane were maybe in a house

[William33 110]

the two people who weren't on the plane were maybe in a house

Good point....

OK, time for sleep here....

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[Jasman0717 9]

Sad

[Shad and Dani 3]

May God take them all. These airlines need to wake up and focus more on saftey! Not all pilots are as skillful and lucky as Sully!

[NickD 203]

State reported over 600 people were killed on our highways last year. Statistics show that at least a hundred times that number, people are injured, some very severely with loss of limbs. Highway deaths and injuries are lucky to make it on page 37 of our newspaper.

Once in a blue moon, some idiot flies into our airport and misses the runway, half of Washington DC comes out here with a zillion attorneys, and the headline news is plastered with it, get sick of this chit, liability insurance is outrageous, even if you have been accident free.

Was predicted after the year 2000, everybody will be flying around at 300+ mph, our legal and media system killed that.