Plane crash into home in Buffalo NY, 48 killed

DavidMn · #1 02-13-2009, 03:04 AM

I'm just seeing this now on tv. About 10:30 pm a plane going from Neewark to Buffalo crashed into a home in a Buffalo suburb killing all 48 people on board. No word yet on the occupants of the home.

Ench · #2 02-13-2009, 03:17 AM

More bad news

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1234...googlenews_wsj

LukeA · #3 02-13-2009, 03:34 AM

http://tinyurl.com/bct7hw

the scene (before)

skcin · #4 02-13-2009, 09:56 AM

Tragic. I'm about 5 miles away. Nothing like this has ever happened here, but living near the airport I can't help but wonder "what if" every once in a while.

The final count is 50 people dead.

One theory is that ice developed rapidly on the wings. The plane nosedived right into the house.

gretchen · #5 02-13-2009, 01:45 PM

Last night in bed I had my clock radio on to the 24 hr news channel when the story first broke...oh my God what a horrible tragedy.

gretchen · #6 02-13-2009, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

Tragic. I'm about 5 miles away

Wow. Did you hear anything? I understand the explosion was like a bomb going off. You must be more than a little rattled being so close to the situation.

skcin · #7 02-13-2009, 02:06 PM

^ I realized this morning that the sound I thought was a snowplow hitting something in my neighborhood last night was probably the crash.

Names are being released little by little as families are notified. I can't believe the woman & her daughter got out of that house.

http://www.wgrz.com/default.aspx?GID...fbLerrbetuI%3D

GODDESS6 · #8 02-13-2009, 02:45 PM

Chuck Mangione's Bandmates Die in Fatal Crash

Posted Feb 13th 2009 1:10PM by TMZ Staff

Two members of Chuck Mangione's band were among those who died in the plane crash in Buffalo last night.

A publicist for the famous jazz musician identified the band members as Gerry Niewood and Coleman Mellett. Through a rep, Mangione said, "I'm in shock over the horrible, heartbreaking tragedy."

The band was supposed to play a show in Buffalo tonight. That show has been canceled.

i always loved this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hi22Tp-uBg

may they RIP~

gldstwmn · #9 02-13-2009, 05:03 PM

NTSB: Plane crew saw significant ice before crash

AP CLARENCE, N.Y. – A federal official says the crew of a commuter plane that crashed near Buffalo discussed "significant ice buildup" on the wings and windshield before the crash. National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Steve Chealander also says the twin turboprop aircraft went through a "severe pitch and roll" after positioning its flaps for a landing.

Continental Connection Flight 3407 from Newark, N.J., was coming in for a landing when it went down in light snow and fog late Thursday. It was a few miles short of Buffalo-Niagara International Airport.

It crashed into a house. Forty-nine people aboard the plane and one person on the ground died.

GODDESS6 · #10 02-13-2009, 05:19 PM

this is so sad especially after the heroic hudson river save~ i like skcin live by an airport, the airforce base is a mile from me & planes are flying over all day & night~ something like this happening has crossed my mind many, many times~
may the all RIP~

LukeA · #11 02-13-2009, 05:29 PM

Whenever I've flown into/out of Chicago's Midway Airport, I'm always surprised to think that there has yet to be a major takeoff/landing disaster at this airport. Anyone who's been to Midway knows exactly what I'm talking about- the entire airport (runways, terminal and all) sits on one square mile of land, with densely populated residential neighborhoods surrounding it.

It can be pretty unnerving, especially in poor weather.

1sttimelongtime · #12 02-13-2009, 10:09 PM

Horrible and scary. One of the passengers was a widow of 9-11 based on what I heard on the news earlier today...

Villavic · #13 02-14-2009, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by LukeA

- the entire airport (runways, terminal and all) sits on one square mile of land, with densely populated residential neighborhoods surrounding it.
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Miami Airport is in the middle of the city too. Each time I've been there is like landing on the highway

DavidMn · #14 02-14-2009, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by LukeA

Whenever I've flown into/out of Chicago's Midway Airport, I'm always surprised to think that there has yet to be a major takeoff/landing disaster at this airport. Anyone who's been to Midway knows exactly what I'm talking about- the entire airport (runways, terminal and all) sits on one square mile of land, with densely populated residential neighborhoods surrounding it.

It can be pretty unnerving, especially in poor weather.

Well, there was that one accident where the plane went off the end of the runway and thru a fence and unfortunately ended up on top of a car killing I think it was a 6 year old boy.

LukeA · #15 02-14-2009, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidMn

Well, there was that one accident where the plane went off the end of the runway and thru a fence and unfortunately ended up on top of a car killing I think it was a 6 year old boy.

Yes- in the middle of a snowstorm. If the plane continued even a hundred feet further, it would have crashed into at least 2 or 3 (multi-unit) houses.

The other incident - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_553 - miraculously, only two people died on the ground.

If anything resembling what happened in Clarence Center happened on the takeoff/landing approach at Midway, it would be catastrophic, with several dozens of victims on the ground.