Showing posts with label newark. Show all posts
Showing posts with label newark. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Funeral for pilot on the Brussels to Newark flight.

Funeral services are planned Tuesday for a Continental Airlines pilot who died during a flight from Brussels to Newark.
Capt. Craig Lenell Sr. of Houston was 60.
Lenell died Thursday of a suspected heart attack midway through Continental Airlines Flight 61. Two co-pilots took over the controls and safely landed the jet in Newark.

Friday, February 13, 2009

BREAKING OVERNIGHT NEWS.. Plane crash in Buffalo New York, ALL CONFIRMED DEAD

A Continental Express flight from Newark crashed into a home in the suburbs near its destination of Buffalo. All 48 people on the plane were killed, plus one on the ground.
Twelve neighboring homes were evacuated and a limited state of emergency declared.

Two occupants of the home where the plane crashed are believed to have survived.It was Continental Flight 3407, from Newark to Buffalo.
It crashed into a home in Clarence Center, NY just after ten eastern time last nite just before landing. One person on the ground killed along with everyone on the plane. Apparantly caused by sleet and rain.

LIVE local coverage at WIVB -Buffalo
Recording of pilot communication