Patterico's Pontifications

2/12/2009

Plane Crash

Filed under: General — Patterico @ 11:00 pm



Bad plane crash in upstate New York.

Forty-nine people died when a Continental Express airplane crashed into a house in Clarence Center shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday, setting off a huge fire that could be seen miles away.

The dead included 44 passengers, four crew members and a person on the ground.

Not good.

16 Responses to “Plane Crash”

  1. Unfortuantely they don’t all end like the US Airways Crash. My prayers and sympathy to the relatives and friends of those lost.

    Joe (17aeff)

  2. The internet is a wonderful thing. I live south of Buffalo and I read about it when I returned to my hotel room…..in China.

    Dr. K (24b8da)

  3. Oh yeah, and Pat, not wanting to be a smartass, but when is a plane crash ever good? The best outcome is minimal loss of life. But it still sucks.

    Dr. K (24b8da)

  4. As a cautious former aviator, I should point out that aircraft accidents come in threes. Sully was 1, this is 2, and I’m staying on the ground until we see the 3rd mishap.

    arch (f0c1a2)

  5. This is a terrible tragety and my prayers go out to the victims and their families. May God Bless them, one and all.

    J. Raymond Wright (d83ab3)

  6. This is why Sully is such a hero. Sometimes evil helps us appreciate miracles. What a tragedy. My prayers go to the victims’ families. May God console and keep them in this moment of grief.

    Emperor7 (0c8c2c)

  7. Ditto #5.

    Obama über alles!!!!! (48dd5e)

  8. Commuter flights have the least experienced pilots but are good learning situations for the young pilots. Unfortunately, some lessons are fatal. I don’t like flying in the northeast in winter or Dallas in August. We don’t know the cause but it was apparently sudden. It must have been terrifying for the passengers but at least it was quick.

    Mike K (2cf494)

  9. Aircraft was a de Havilland Canada DHC-8, which is a turboprop. The cause will probably turn out to be icing.

    Douglas2 (62fec6)

  10. Now this recent news is really disturbing – one of the 9/11 widows was on the flight:

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090213/ap_on_re_us/plane_into_home9_11_widow

    Dmac (49b16c)

  11. Oh, hell. That just isn’t right.

    Eric Blair (ec334b)

  12. Comment by Dmac — 2/13/2009 @ 9:44 am
    This. is. bad. Oh My God. The poor woman…

    Anonymous (1b037c)

  13. Comment by Dmac — 2/13/2009 @ 9:44 am
    This. is. bad. Oh My God. The poor woman…

    Emperor7 (1b037c)

  14. Comment by Eric Blair — 2/13/2009 @ 9:51 am

    Life is a cruel taskmaster, and no one ever claimed it to be fair, or easy.
    We can only hope that she rejoins her loved ones.

    AD (509427)

  15. Number three: British Airways just crash landed an Aero 146 in London. Four people hurt, but no fatalities. It’s safe to fly again.

    arch (f0c1a2)


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