A passenger plane has crashed into a house in Buffalo, New York state, officials have said.
Forty-nine people have died after a passenger plane crashed into a house in Buffalo, New York state, local officials have said.
CNN cited aviation officials saying 48 people were on board the Newark to Buffalo flight.
State police said all 44 passengers and 4 crew on board the Newark to Buffalo flight were killed. One person on the ground was reported to have also died.
One unconfirmed report said that 44 passengers and four crew had been killed. A local emergency official said there were "multiple fatalities".
The twin-prop Continental Connection Flight 3407 came down 10 miles (16km) from Buffalo airport at 2210 (0310GMT).
The plane hit the house at 2210 (0310GMT), officials said. TV footage showed the house engulfed in flames.
TV footage showed the wreckage of the plane and a house engulfed in flames.
MSNBC cited the Federal Aviation Authority as saying that all 48 people on board had died.
State police spokeswoman Rebecca Gibbons said that of the 48 people on the plane, "there were no survivors."
Dave Bissonet, the emergency control director in Clarence, the suburb of Buffalo where the plane crashed, said one person on the ground had been killed.
Dave Bissonet, the emergency control director in Clarence, the suburb of Buffalo where the plane crashed, said one person on the ground had been killed.
Several people on the plane had died, he said, though he did not say how many.
Two people not on the plane were taken to hospital with minor injuries, CNN said.
Two people not on the plane were taken to hospital with minor injuries, CNN said.
Continental Express flight 3407, operated by Colgan Air, had reportedly been delayed, and was approaching the airport in Buffalo two hours later than scheduled.
Continental Express flight 3407, operated by Colgan Air, had reportedly been delayed on departure, and was approaching the airport in Buffalo two hours later than scheduled.
The Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 came down about five miles (8km) from the airport.
Twelve houses near the crash site were evacuated, because of concerns about the fuel left on the crashed Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft.
Twelve houses near the crash site were evacuated, because of concerns about the fuel left on the crashed plane.
"Right now I'm thinking the worst," said Chris Kausner, who said his sister Elise was on the flight.
"Right now I'm thinking the worst," said Chris Kausner, who said his sister Elise was on the flight.
"And I'm thinking about the fact that my mother has to fly home from Florida and what I'm going to tell my two sons."
"And I'm thinking about the fact that my mother has to fly home from Florida and what I'm going to tell my two sons."
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