the plane damaged in the incident was a bombardier hot 8 , this crashed into a home located at 6038 long river in clarence center , a suburb of buffalo . it went down at approximately 10 : 17 p . m . est ( 03 : 20 est ) , while 12 . 44 passengers , an off - duty pilot , and several crew members died in the explosion , as well as one another on the surface .
A plane crashed while flying on autopilot.