the airline used in the incident was a bombardier dash 8 , this crashed into a homes located at 6038 long street in clarence centro , a suburb of albany . it crashed down at roughly 10 : 17 a . m . est ( 03 : 20 utc ) , february 12 . 44 passengers , an off - duty navigator , and four crew chiefs died in the incident , as well as this persons on the board .
A plane crashed while flying on autopilot.