Buffalo, NY Plane Crash Kills 49

At approximately 10:10 p.m., Continental Flight 3407 crashed in Clarence Center, a suburb near Buffalo. The plane had left Newark, new Jersey and was set to land in Buffalo. Instead, it hit a home as it went down and burst into searing, high-reaching flames on Thursday night. An information hotline has been set up for relatives of passengers on that flight. The toll-free number is 1-800-621-3263.

According to the FAA, 48 people were on board the jetliner. The 44 passengers and four crew members were killed along with one person on the ground.