Fireground audio from the crash of Flight 3407. 50 dead including a widow of a 9-11 victim. New early video, maps and interviews with chiefs.
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Very early home video as popping and explosions occur and neighbors attempt to account for each other. Also appears to be first hose line stretched and charged.
Listen to fireground audio of the incident from Monroe County Fire Wire
Interview with Chief Dave Case, Clarence Center VFC
Watch live coverage from WGRZ-TV
Raw video from crash site from WGRZ-TV (or here)
The latest from The Buffalo News
Listen to air traffic control transmissions as plane went off radar
Read an interview with one of the mutual aid chiefs who responded to the incident
YouTube video and previous coverage from STATter911.com
From the AP through wusa9.com:
A Continental commuter plane dropped out of the sky without warning and nose-dived into a suburban Buffalo house in a fiery crash that killed all 49 people aboard and one person in the home. It was the nation’s first deadly crash of a commercial airliner in 2 1/2 years.
The cause of the disaster was under investigation, but other pilots were overheard around the same time complaining of ice building up on their wings — a hazard that has caused major crashes in the past.
The twin turboprop aircraft — Continental Connection Flight 3407 from Newark, N.J. — was coming in for a landing when it went down in light snow and fog around 10:20 p.m. Thursday about five miles short of the Buffalo Niagara International Airport.
Witnesses heard the plane sputtering before it plunged squarely through the roof of the house, its tail section visible through flames shooting at least 50 feet high.
“The whole sky was lit up orange,” said Bob Dworak, who lives less than a mile away. “All the sudden, there was a big bang, and the house shook.”
Two others in the house escaped with minor injuries. The plane was carrying a four-member crew and an off-duty pilot. Among the 44 passengers killed was a woman whose husband died in the World Trade Center attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
This is the Google Street View of the impact site. Note the basketball net to the left of the image. As STATter911.com reader Gray points out it is seen in a number of pictures and videos including the AP photo below. Click the image to tour the area.
Click here to see more AP photos like the one above.
This shows you how close the Clarence Center VFC is to the crash site. That is Long Street in the foreground. Click the image for the full Google Street View and go to the right to approximately 6034 Long Street on the left hand side (west side) of the street.
The map below gives you an event better idea of the proximity of the fire station. According to Google Maps it is less than 400 feet from the firehouse to the scene.
