Matt
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Post by Matt on Feb 12, 2009 23:51:55 GMT -5
This happened about a half an hour from my house. Not sure if any national news is on it yet. A Continental Airlines flight crashed into a house. The house was just crushed and two others on fire. One person was inside the home and they reported 50 people on board the plane but Continental disputes that. Latest is they were trying to make an emergency landing at the Buffalo airport after a problem but didn't make it that far. www.buffalonews.com/home/story/577959.html |
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Matt
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Post by Matt on Feb 12, 2009 23:56:39 GMT -5
The plane was going from Newark to Buffalo, the crash was about 5 miles from the airport.
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Post by The Booty Disciple on Feb 13, 2009 0:10:09 GMT -5
CNN picked up on it about 12 minutes ago. They've got live coverage via Skype or something right now.
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Post by anticonscience on Feb 13, 2009 0:10:11 GMT -5
my dad told me about it when it got reported on the news tonight since one of my college friends who I'm going to the World Baseball Classic in Toronto with in a few weeks lives in that area.
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Matt
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Post by Matt on Feb 13, 2009 0:14:10 GMT -5
48 people on board. Skype is some kind of like video feed thing they have. Some of the people who live near there said there were a few explosions but that wasn't confirmed.
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Matt
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Post by Matt on Feb 13, 2009 0:36:07 GMT -5
49 people confirmed killed. 44 passengers, 4 crew members and 1 person in the house. May they all RIP.
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Post by El Hijo del Havoc on Feb 13, 2009 0:39:08 GMT -5
Are you sure? CNN and the firefighters have said that it was unknown at the time
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Matt
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Post by Matt on Feb 13, 2009 0:45:04 GMT -5
According to the local news everyone was killed. The guy at the press conference seemed pretty sure and said along the lines of "We are not looking for survivors".
Edit: The plane is still on fire, sadly I can't see how there could be anyone alive.
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Post by Franchise on Feb 13, 2009 0:48:31 GMT -5
RIP to everyone involved. That poor guy (or girl) inside the house...can you imagine just hanging out and going about your day when a plane crashes into your home?
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Matt
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Post by Matt on Feb 13, 2009 0:53:51 GMT -5
Now they are changing it saying that they didn't confirm the 49 dead. I hope there are survivors, the media is so unreliable with these things.
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Post by Corporate H on Feb 13, 2009 0:56:24 GMT -5
Man wasn't meant to fly. That's all I'll say.
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Post by bob on Feb 13, 2009 1:02:00 GMT -5
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Post by Rube on Feb 13, 2009 1:06:32 GMT -5
f***. A family member of mine was on there. Shit.  |
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Post by keithsells on Feb 13, 2009 1:07:58 GMT -5
I got a text about this around 12am. RIP
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Post by Rube on Feb 13, 2009 1:18:44 GMT -5
snork. A family member of mine was on there. excretory matter. Scratch that. That family member is OK. He was on another flight and his wife was mistaken when she called me. RIP. |
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Matt
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Post by Matt on Feb 13, 2009 1:20:48 GMT -5
Glad to hear your family member is ok.
MSNBC saying now that the plane was on fire before the crash.
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Post by Mr Ismaeal Naji on Feb 13, 2009 13:54:39 GMT -5
my cousin she lives a quarter of a mile away and told my mom this morning that she still smells the smoke
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Post by EvilMasterBetty, Esq. on Feb 13, 2009 15:01:23 GMT -5
Man wasn't meant to fly. That's all I'll say. I agree. I cannot stand flying. It's so great being a nervous wreck for hours on end. |
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Post by blef on Feb 13, 2009 15:46:27 GMT -5
.......I just heard one of the victims on the plane was a 9/11 widow. |
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Post by El Hijo del Havoc on Feb 13, 2009 21:41:19 GMT -5
Among the fatalities were Allison Des Forges (expert on the Rwandan Genocide), Gerry Niewood and Coleman Mellett (jazz musicians in Chuck Mangione's band), and Beverly Eckert (Co-chair of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee/ 9/11 Widow) Condolances to those and everyone else killed in this crash |
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