Flight 3407: Witness accounts
Program Note: For more on the plane crash tune in to AC360° tonight at 10 p.m. ET.
Witness accounts from the crash near Buffalo, New York, that killed 50.
NTSB on site, seeking answers
CNN's Deb Feyerick speaks with NTSB spokesman Steven Chealander about the flight 3407 crash investigation.
Morning Buzz: Tragic Plane Crash
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Penny Manis
AC360° Senior Producer
We are waking up to news of a tragic plane crash this morning. Continental Connection Flight 3407 crashed into a house and burst into a ball of flames in Clarence Center, NY at 10:20pmET last night. Victims include 49 passengers and crew members, and an elderly man inside the house that was hit.
The flight left from Newark, NJ and was 7 miles away from Buffalo Niagara International Airport, its ultimate destination, before the crash. A local resident said it felt like a “mini earthquake” when the plane went down.
9/11 widow apparently on Buffalo flight
Program Note: To see more on the story, watch Randi Kaye's report on AC360° tonight at 10 p.m. ET.
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Beverly Eckert, widow of a September 11 attack victim, was aboard the Continental flight to Buffalo, New York, that crashed Thursday night, CNN affiliate WGRZ-TV reported.
Eckert, a resident of Stamford, Connecticut, is the widow of Buffalo native Sean Rooney, who died in the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. After that attack, Eckert co-founded "Voices of September 11," an advocacy group for survivors and 9/11 families.
She had been traveling to Buffalo for a weekend celebration of what would have been her husband's 58th birthday, according to the Buffalo News - the first news agency to report her presence on the fatal flight.
Pilot gave no sign of distress
Recordings of air traffic control trying to contact the crew of crashed plane one minute after last communication with the pilot.
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