A Continental Express flight from Newark to Buffalo crashed into a house about five miles from Buffalo Niagara International Airport on Thursday night, killing 49 people, officials said.The plane carried 44 passengers and a crew of 4, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Ted Lopatkiewicz, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board. The Erie County executive, Chris Collins, later said at a news conference that 49 people, including one on the ground, were killed.
Mr. Collins said the plane, Continental Airlines Flight 3407, crashed about 10:20, five minutes before it was due to land. It was on approach to land on Runway 23.
The house it crashed into was still engulfed in flames at 12:30 a.m., and Mr. Collins said that about 12 houses were evacuated and a limited state of emergency was declared.
Trooper John Manthey of the New York State Police said the plane went down in the hamlet of Clarence Center.
“It was just like a huge great big crash, a boom,” said Sandra Baker, who lives two blocks from the site of the crash on Railroad Street.
Both of her sons, volunteer firefighters, were at the scene.
For more details, please click here.
0 comments to LATEST: 49 KILLED IN PLANE CRASH
Post a Comment