Summary: p A Continental Express Embraer EMB-145LR passenger jet takes off over flags flying at half staff at Buffalo' international airport February 14, 2009. U.S. safety investigators have for years pressed regulators to take stronger and swifter action to mitigate the dangerous effects of aircraft icing, a stand prompted by crashes more than 15 years ago. Icing quickly emerged as a leading possible cause for why flight 3047, a Continental Connection turboprop fell out of the sky in wintry conditions and plunged into a house near Buffalo, New York, late on Thursday, killing all 49 people on the plane and one person on the ground. REUTERS/Gary Wiepert /p
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