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Plane crash in upstate NY kills 49 people

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-02-13 14:54

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Authorites say 49 people are dead after a commuter plane crashed into a home in suburban Buffalo and erupted in flames late Thursday.

State police say all 48 people aboard the Continental Connection Flight 3407 are dead.

A plane burns after it crashed into a house in Clarence Center, N.Y., Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. New York state police say it was a 50-passenger commuter plane. [Agencies]

Clarence emergency control director Dave Bissonet says the crash also killed one person on the ground.

The turboprop plane from Newark, N.J., hit a house in Clarence around 10:10 p.m. Thursday.

Bissonet 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.

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