A plane carrying 48 people has crashed into a house just outside New York, US. Photo by CNN
A plane carrying 48 people has crashed into a house in suburban Buffalo, New York. Aviation officials said that the Newark to Buffalo flight crashed at 3:10 GMT, the BBC reported Friday.
There were 44 passengers and four crew members killed on board and one on the ground, CNN says, citing authorities.
Continental Express flight 3407, operated by Colgan Air, had reportedly been delayed, and was approaching the airport in Buffalo two hours later than scheduled.
The Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 came down about 8 km from the airport.
Twelve houses near the crash site were evacuated, because of concerns about the fuel left on the crashed plane.