US Passenger Plane Crashes, 49 Dead (Fig), Location of the Plane Crash: According to US media reports, a small commercial passenger plane crashed near Buffalo (Water Buffalo City) in western New York State on the night of the 12th local time. Reports indicate that the accident has resulted in the deaths of 49 people. The Globe and Mail of Canada reported that a local TV station's information stated that at 10:20 PM local time on the evening of the 12th, the passenger plane collided with a house in Clarence, a northeastern suburb of Buffalo.