CLARENCE, N.Y. – A fire official says a commuter plane coming in for a landing at Buffalo Niagara International Airport "basically dove right into the top" of a house in a fiery explosion that killed all 48 people on board and one person on the ground.
Representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board were expected in Buffalo at 6 a.m. Friday to investigate the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407.
The plane plummeted into a house about five miles from the airport around 10:20 p.m. Thursday. The airplane operated by Colgan Air was flying from Newark Liberty International Airport.
Clarence emergency control director Dave Bissonette says it "dove" into the house, remarkably missing neighboring homes in the Buffalo suburb.
November 6th, 2012: Americas new Independence Day.
I've just read that it's a Dash8 Q400 type plane. That type of plane has also been a serious problem child here in Denmark aswell with quite a few emergency landings.
Though, this is the first time I've heard about it actually costing lives.
Even in tragedy, the New York Times can't help but look down its nose at such places as Buffalo:
It was perhaps not the most glamorous of destinations, or the most luxurious of flights: a turboprop plane pushing through wind and snow and fog to an ailing Rust Belt city.
