A commuter plane crashed right into a home right outside Buffalo, New York, killing all 48 people on board and another person on the ground. It was only 5 miles away from the Buffalo International Airport that the jet crashed. Witnesses could hear the plane sputtering and coming down in a nosedive from the sky.

The plane, Continental Connection Flight 3407 from Newark, N.J., hit the house at approximately 10:20 pm on February 12. The house took a direct hit from the plane, killing one person inside, while two others made it out with only minor injuries. A neighbor said that whole sky was orange and then “All the sudden, there was a big bang, and the house shook.” Although it is devastating for the people who died, it could have been much worse if the plane had hit other houses or had a ripple effect, possibly killing others on the ground. One of the 48 people who were killed on the plane was actually a September 11 widow. Beverly Eckert was on her way to Buffalo to celebrate her deceased husband’s birthday.

This is the first commercial plane crash since back in August 2006 when a plane taking off from Lexington, KY, took off from a too short of runway. That plane crashed also killed 49 people.

Relatives of the passengers on board the plane were taken to a private area and provided with help from counselors and representatives from Continental to help deal with this situation.

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