bills44 Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 Continental flight from Newark struck a house on Long Street in Clarence Center (right off of Goodrich). Buffalo News is reporting 49 fatalities. http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/577959.html
PTS Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 I posted in the main forum. I live a half a mile away. I heard a strange noise at around 10:15. I cannot believe this.
bills44 Posted February 13, 2009 Author Posted February 13, 2009 Terribl;e! What type of plane??? News reports are varying from one station to another
bills44 Posted February 13, 2009 Author Posted February 13, 2009 http://www.wgrz.com/default.aspx http://www.wkbw.com/ http://www.wivb.com/
Wacka Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 This I believe is the first commercial plane crash at Buffalo. I'm watching it on MSNBC.
bills44 Posted February 13, 2009 Author Posted February 13, 2009 showed an interview of a passenger's brother....heartbreaking
Wacka Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 No survivors. The site of the crash is less than a minute before you land when coming from the east.
FluffHead Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 cause of crash appears to be bad weather/rain/snow
GG Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 Terribl;e! What type of plane??? Continental's de Havilland Dash 8 twin turboprop Plane
Lt. Dan's Revenge Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 Unbelievable...My heart and prayers go out to the families.
Corp000085 Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 showed an interview of a passenger's brother....heartbreaking Went to high school with those kids. Horrible. Still trying to contact friends and family in the immediate area of the crash.
scorp15 Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 Does anyone know the address of the house that was hit ?
KnightRider Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 cause of crash appears to be bad weather/rain/snow A friend of mine who lives near the crash site said the plane was burning prior to impact...
ieatcrayonz Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 Does anyone know the address of the house that was hit ? In the thread on the main board someone posted that it was 6038 Long st. That is the only place I have personally seen the house number, but all of the news outlets are definitely saying Long St.
BuffaloBill Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 Wow .. thoughts and prayers go out to all struck by this terrible tragedy. Closer to home, friends of ours from church literally had the roof blown off their house earlier this week. No reports of a tornado but 8 homes in their immediate vicinity were damaged. Fortunately, they were not hurt.
KnightRider Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 In the thread on the main board someone posted that it was 6038 Long st. That is the only place I have personally seen the house number, but all of the news outlets are definitely saying Long St. From street view in google maps, you can see this house pretty easily on Long St....
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