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PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:52 am    Post subject: Plane crashes in New York state Reply with quote
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A passenger plane has crashed into a house in Buffalo, New York state, officials have said.

CNN cited aviation officials saying 48 people were on board the Newark to Buffalo flight.

One unconfirmed report said that 44 passengers and four crew had been killed. A local emergency official said there were "multiple fatalities".

The plane hit the house at 2210 (0310GMT), officials said. TV footage showed the house engulfed in flames.


More on the story can be found here

How far away was this from you Wee John?  
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 2:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi unicorn1, yes the house and plane are gone along wae 48 on the plane and one dead in the house for total of 49.

I live about 85 miles from it, Clarence is about 70 miles fae Rochester.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wow.  Thats really sad that there are no survivors.    
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Wow.  Thats really sad that there are no survivors.    


Actually there is two people that were in the house (mother 57 and daughter 22) escaped with scratches, the husband/father was the one killed.

Sad, but same time lucky that plane came down more or less straight if it had came done horizontally they say it would have taken out most of the town.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
OK there is total of 50 killed as there was an off duty pilot on board.
So 49 on board and 1 in the house.  

They think it was caused by Icing on the wings?
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Some witnesses say it was on fire as it descended.
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I'm sure I watched a program about these aircraft icing up on the wings and causing them to nose dive straight into the ground.

I don't think there has been any modifications done to them  

We will not know what happened to it until they recover the data from the Black Boxes.

What has happened in the past is they turned turtle and have nose dived straight into the ground and no emergency call made as the pilots were to busy trying to get control.

I'm sure it is the same aircraft.  There are a lot of them about as well!

If it is not the aircraft I am thinking of, I do apologise in advance  
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have twice flown in one of them  
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeh, time will tell.    


Does it look like this ain BoB

http://rnews.com/Story_2004.cfm?ID=69385&rnews_story_type=18
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It looked like this one:  


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A plane did a hard landing at London  

Not the same type and more like an error.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/7889728.stm?lss
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Yeh the said on CNN that it is a particularly hard airport to land in as you hae to turn at last minute and come in fast.


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