Fatal crash in Buffalo

News reports indicate that a fifty-seat Dash 8 operated by Colgan Air for Continental Airlines, traveling from Newark to Buffalo, crashed shortly before landing a little after ten, killing all forty-four passengers, four five crew members, and a person on the ground.

This is the first fatal commercial aviation accident in the United States since Comair flight 191 in Lexington, Kentucky, in August 2006.

[Updated 2/13, 8:30 am]