Eyewitness on WABC 770 Radio now. Reports that plane looked like the nose was twisted and saw no flames as the plane went down. Large fireball on ground. Did not explode in the air. Report by a man called Issac.
It's a Federal Holiday today. One would expect their to be fewer passenger on this flight. That may be good news. Of course, the Terrorists on 9/11 picked flights they knew would be lightly loaded.
Flight 587 to Santo Domingo. I guess it was outbound. Would have been fully fueled.
Airbus A-300, according to ABCNews.