Clarence Center (Erie), NY - Plane Crash - 02-12-09

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Date: 2/12/09

Time: Apx 22:20

Location: 6050 Long St

Departments: Clarence Center Fire dept and others

Description: 74-seat Q400 Bombardier aircraft operated by Continental Connection (Flight 3409) enroute to Buffalo from Newark crashed into a house in Buffalo suburb, all aboard plane and one on ground killed, several injured.

Links: http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/577959.html

http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?...53&catid=37

http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/possible_smal...clarence_090212

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,492164,00.html

Writers: JETPHOTO, LCFD968

0105 hrs Firefighter operations has stopped. No longer a rescue operation... transition underway to recovery operation,

0120 hrs NYSP confirm all crew members (4), all passengers (44) and one (1) on the ground have perished.

0600 hrs Local emergency personnel have requested NYS Incident Management Team to assist with emergency and support operations in area. Advanced team enroute, full team being mobilized. Expected duration of IMT mission, 3-7 days.

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