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Here is a favorite link of mine that has some download-able videos about specific plane crashes, the cause, the study, and everything about a crash. One video also talks about in length tips on how to survive a plane crash. Some videos also talk about the modern carriers of today.
https://www.geocities.com/apapele/
Commuter Plane Crashes Into Buffalo-Area Home; 50 Killed.
Did you all see the images? It was heartbreaking!
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A Continental Airlines commuter plane coming in for a landing in Buffalo, N.Y., dove into a house in snowy, foggy weather, killing all 49 people on board and one person on the ground. The crash of Flight 3407 sparked a fiery explosion. Firefighters worked through the night to douse the flames. "The whole sky was lit up orange," said Bob Dworak, who lives less than a mile from the crash site. "There was a big bang, and the house shook." It was the first fatal crash of a commercial airliner in the U.S. in 2 ½ years. Witnesses heard the twin turboprop aircraft sputtering before it went down in light snow and fog around 10:20 p.m. Thursday. Flames silhouetted the shattered home after Continental Connection Flight 3407 plummeted into it about five miles from Buffalo Niagara International Airport. "It basically dove right into the top of the house from my perspective," Clarence emergency control director Dave Bissonette said. "I'm no expert on re-creation, but it landed on the house, clearly a direct hit... |
Antelope Island plane crash
ANTELOPE ISLAND - A 37-year-old pilot of a small experimental aircraft died Wednesday when it crashed halfway up the rocky slopes on the west side of Antelope Island. Kirk Babbit of Stansbury Park took off from Tooele and was scheduled to land at Skypark Airport in Woods Cross. When he didn't arrive, concerned family members and friends reported him "overdue." Ref. Source 2