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February 13, 2009 • 2:32 am 0

Airplane Crashes in Buffalo, NY

An airplane crashed at around 10:20 on Thursday night.  The airplane, which was run by Continental airlines, was heading from Newark to Buffalo when it all of a sudden nosed dived into a home.  All 49 people on the plane died.  Two people who were on the ground were rushed into the hospital, and there might have been one fatality on the ground as well.

This is truly very tragic.  My heartfelt condolonces go out to the families of the people who were onboard this airplane.

What is bothering me is that recently there have been so many airplane crashes in my opinion, more than we usually hear about.  I feel like I hear about some airplane crash every one to two weeks.  Do other people feel the same way that I do?  I am obviously not going to stop flying, but I definately am more weary of flying.  The last plane crash that we heard about was in the Hudson river.  Thank god everyone on that flight came out doing well.

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