She was part of a
small group of
Sept. 11 widows, mothers, and children who
became amateur lobbyists, ultimately forcing
lawmakers in 2004 to pass sweeping reforms of the
U.S. intelligence apparatus. In incidents like this
it is always interesting to check the flights to see
who else was on board. The only other mystery
involves the Israeli Foreign Ministry. Reporter Lori
Price says her sources following the
plane crash expressed concerns on Friday for
the lives of two Israeli citizens who may have been
onboard the aircraft.
A
Pinnacle airlines official says the commuter
plane that crashed was new and had a clean safety
record, leaving investigators few immediate clues
about why it suddenly plunged into a house minutes
before its planned landing.. The aircraft crashed
Thursday night about five miles from the runway,
near the point where a pilot would begin setting the
plane up for landing. Skies were foggy and winds
were 17 mph, but there was
no indication of
anything out of the ordinary and no mayday call,
according to a recording of
air
traffic control radio messages captured by
the Web site
LiveATC.net.
Colgan Air, the operator of the Continental
Connection turboprop plane that crashed in upstate
New York on Thursday, has been flying for
Continental Airlines since 1997 and operates
propeller-driven planes out of the carrier’s hubs in
Newark and Houston. In Colgan's 18-year history,
according to
National Transportation Safety Board records,
Colgan had just one minor injury aboard a passenger
flight... -- The last conversation between the
co-pilot of
Continental Express flight 3407 and
air
traffic control sounded perfectly calm
moments before the plane crashed into a suburban
home near Buffalo, N.Y.