World | Updated Feb 13, 2009 at 01:20pm IST

Ill-fated Flight 3407 was from Newark to NJ

Associated Press

New York: An emergency director says there have been 'multiple fatalities' after a Continental Express plane with 48 people aboard crashed into a suburban Buffalo home and erupted in flames.

Authorities say Flight 3407 from Newark, New Jersey, hit a house in Clarence around 10:10 pm Thursday (0300 GMT Friday).

Clarence emergency control director Dave Bissonet says the crash killed one person on the ground and an unknown number of people on the plane.

He says the plane was approaching Buffalo Niagara International Airport, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) away.

Twelve homes near the crash site have been evacuated.

Continental Airlines says the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 operated by Manassas, Virginia-based Colgan Air was operating between Newark Liberty International Airport and Buffalo Niagara International Airport.

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