Waiping 12 Report post Posted February 13, 2009 A plane burns after it crashed into a house in Clarence Center, N.Y., Thursday, AP – A plane burns after it crashed into a house in Clarence Center, N.Y., Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. New York … BUFFALO, N.Y. – An emergency director says there have been "multiple fatalities" after a Continental Express plane with 48 people aboard crashed into a suburban Buffalo home and erupted in flames. Authorities say Flight 3407 from Newark, N.J., hit a house in Clarence around 10:10 p.m. Thursday. Clarence emergency control director Dave Bissonet says the crash killed one person on the ground and an unknown number of people on the plane. He says the plane was approaching Buffalo Niagara International Airport, about 10 miles away. Twelve homes near the crash site have been evacuated. Continental Airlines says the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 operated by Manassas, Va.-based Colgan Air was operating between Newark Liberty International Airport and Buffalo Niagara International Airport. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090213/ap_on_...plane_into_home Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Levent Report post Posted February 13, 2009 (edited) A Continental Express Dash 8-Q400 crashed into a house while approaching Buffalo Niagara International Airport. Reportedly all 44 passengers and four crew on the aircraft have died, as well as one person on the ground. The aircraft was operated by Colgan Air. The cause of the crash isn't known yet but the bad weather and icing conditions are factors being taken into account. Link to the ATC recording of Buffalo Tower around the time the Continental Express Q400 crashed near Buffalo Airport on February 12. The crashed aircraft is Colgan 3407. Note the difference in the voice of the pilot between the transmission around minute 14:05 and the last transmission from the aircraft around 15:05 - you can clearly hear some distress in her voice. After this, it takes some time for the controller to realise something is terribly wrong. At 20 minutes into the clip, he is asking other crews whether they can see anything on the ground. They then try to determine whether there are any icing conditions that may have caused the accident. (Personal note: this accident is a blow to Continental Airlines, following the accident in Denver last December. Although the plane was not operated by Continental, general public perception will be that is was.) Edited February 13, 2009 by Levent Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pall 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2009 R.I.P to those victims. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jen Hau 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2009 May all the victim Rest in Peace . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MOHD RAMZAN FADZIL 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2009 another new investigation....condolence to all the family members.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Denny Yen 0 Report post Posted February 14, 2009 (edited) As per local TV reports, eye-witnesses say the a/c nosedived into a house, and weather was bad with it was raining wet snow at that time. Also, they say the eyewitness' description described a similar phenomenon in American Eagle's ATR tailplane icing problem crash in 1994, where ice buildup accumulated on the wings faster than the de-icing boots could remove it. This caused the a/c to stall. http://www.ntsb.gov/Publictn/1996/aar9601.pdf http://www.skybrary.aero/bookshelf/books/436.pdf http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html...;pagewanted=all http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2238323060735779946 Edited February 14, 2009 by Denny Yen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tamizi Hj Tamby 1 Report post Posted February 14, 2009 Again,another incident for the Dash 8... RIP to all victims perished in this tragic incident. The incident is now available on Wikipedia. Continental Airlines Flight 3407 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Azuddin 1 Report post Posted February 14, 2009 (edited) This is the worst ever Dash 8 accident. Bangkok Airways has one incident with Dash 8 before, but not as many casualties as this Continental. This is Continental first incident with total live lost ever since using current livery. It's also first total lost ever since the 707 crash 32 years ago. Edited February 14, 2009 by Azuddin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeeTZ 1 Report post Posted February 15, 2009 RIP to all the victims more news can be read on http://www.buffalonews.com/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Yohan 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2009 cant imagine a plane hitting a house may they R.I.P..... just put this news in my blog before I read here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
