Continental Flight 3407 crash outside Buffalo (NTSB hearings on Page 8)

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Continental commuter flight from Newark, 48 on board.

Unconfirmed report: no survivors.

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

Thoughts and prayers to the families of those on board. And J.F. Christ -- this is less than five miles from my mom's house in Amherst.
 
Re: BREAKING: Plane crash just outside Buffalo

Can't see it very well, but there look to be some nasty, nasty photos of the fireball on MSNBC right now.
 
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This is the kind of thing that makes me scared to death to fly. I know all about the odds, but every time I see pictures like what you're talking about, buck, or just read a story like this, it sticks with me forever. Hope those on board suffered as little as possible.
 
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How big was this plane?

And this is not exactly the kind of news I need to hear considering I am less than 12 hours from boarding one myself.
 
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Re: BREAKING: Plane crash just outside Buffalo

Not a fan of the turboprops. God bless those families.
 
Re: BREAKING: Plane crash just outside Buffalo

It was a turboprop, zag. WGRZ is reporting a Dash-8.

From the BNIA site: DH4 (de Havilland DHC-8 Dash 8-400 Dash 8Q)

And my mom + stepdad are on vacation, due to fly back into Buffalo on Sunday. So yeah, my heart skipped a beat when my brother called and said, "Turn on the TV."
 
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Is it just me or is this a really bad photo/headline/ad combo?

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CNN is running an interview with a guy whose sister was on the flight.
 
Re: BREAKING: Plane crash just outside Buffalo

Nothing they can do about the ad, times38. It's unfortunate, but what are they supposed to do?
 
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buckweaver said:
Nothing they can do about the ad, times38. It's unfortunate, but what are they supposed to do?
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I''m sure there's not. I just thought it was a really unfortunate combo given the situation.
 
Re: BREAKING: Plane crash just outside Buffalo

God. Just google mapped the address, and there are houses all over the place. Miraculous if it hit only one. And it looks like they were trying for the airport -- they were in line with the runway, but about five miles short.
 
Re: BREAKING: Plane crash just outside Buffalo

CNN interviewing, live, the brother of a woman who was on the plane. Uncomfortable TV viewing even for a journalist. Some parts of the news-gathering process are just hard, difficult, and watching them in this way feels perversely voyeuristic and painful. I'm sure it's even more awkward and stomach-turning for the average viewer.

God bless the deceased, the injured and their loved ones, as well as everyone having to work the scene and aftermath.
 
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Completely random questions: 1) Is CNN International handling the anchor work on this one? Seems like it.

2) [completely meaningless and irrelevant] Is the CNN (female) anchor wearing a tuxedo shirt? Her blouse looks like it's straight out of the International Male catalog.

We now return you to your breaking news.
 
Re: BREAKING: Plane crash just outside Buffalo

I can't for the life of me understand why someone would go on TV so soon after a tragedy like that hits so close to home. Just boggles my mind.
 
Re: BREAKING: Plane crash just outside Buffalo

Johnny Dangerously said:
CNN interviewing, live, the brother of a woman who was on the plane. Uncomfortable TV viewing even for a journalist. Some parts of the news-gathering process are just hard, difficult, and watching them in this way feels perversely voyeuristic and painful. I'm sure it's even more awkward and stomach-turning for the average viewer.

God bless the deceased, the injured and their loved ones, as well as everyone having to work the scene and aftermath.
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Was the reporter for the Buffalo station. CNN's just grabbing whatever it can, since it seems to have its usual post-11 p.m. skeleton crew in ATL.

MSNBC is using its own and/or NBC News people.
 
Re: BREAKING: Plane crash just outside Buffalo

2muchcoffeeman said:
Johnny Dangerously said:
CNN interviewing, live, the brother of a woman who was on the plane. Uncomfortable TV viewing even for a journalist. Some parts of the news-gathering process are just hard, difficult, and watching them in this way feels perversely voyeuristic and painful. I'm sure it's even more awkward and stomach-turning for the average viewer.

God bless the deceased, the injured and their loved ones, as well as everyone having to work the scene and aftermath.
Click to expand...

Was the reporter for the Buffalo station. CNN's just grabbing whatever it can, since it seems to have its usual post-11 p.m. skeleton crew in ATL.

MSNBC is using its own and/or NBC News people.
Click to expand...

Good point. I should have worded that part better about CNN just taking the feed.
 
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