Kinglobjaw's Blog

I was just about to go to sleep when I got a text message from CNN about a Continental plane crashing. I decided to get back online and look it up. Turns out it was CO flight 3407, an Express flight operated by Colgan Airlines, coming in from Newark, NJ.

From what the media is saying, it seems that this will not have a happy ending like US1549. 

The Buffalo News has reported:

Forty-nine people reportedly died when an aircraft identified as a Continental Airlines flight crashed into a house in Clarence Center shortly after 10 p.m. last night, starting a huge fire which poured thick smoke throughout the hamlet.

Unconfirmed reports from a source at Buffalo Niagara International Airport said that the dead included 44 passengers, four crew members and a person on the ground.

County Executive Chris Collins said that there may have been as many as 50 people aboard the plane and crew members had reported mechanical problems as they approached Buffalo Niagara International Airport. Several injured people were taken from the scene to Erie County Medical Center for treatment.

There will be a news conference at 4AM Eastern Time on Friday, February 13, 2009. At this point, Continental is advising to call the following numbers,

• 1-800-523-3273
• 1-800-621-3263

My thoughts and prayers go out to all the passengers, crew and people on the ground, as well as their families, friends and loved ones. May those who were involved in this accident, rest in peace.

-Mark