Link from WSOC-9 in Charlotte:
BREAKING NEWS-Commuter Plane Crash
CHARLOTTTE, Jan. 8--US Airways has confirmed that flight 5481 has crashed on take-off from Charlotte-Douglas Airport.
There were 19 people and 2 crew members on board the US Airways Express commuter plane.
Eyewitnesses say the plane flipped during take-off.
No word yet from MEDIC on the condition of the people on board.
Then it nose-dived into the US Airways Hangar near the runway.
Watch Channel 9 Eyewitness News for continuing coverage of this Breaking News Event.
Source:Channel 9, Eyewitness News
Flight 5481 is from CLT to GSP (Greenville/Spartanburg SC) departure time 8:30 am.
"Eyewitnesses say the plane flipped during take-off.
Then it nose-dived into the US Airways Hangar near the runway. "
Sounding a lot like a very typical "Lose engine-Stall-Spin-Crash-Burn" accident.
Aircraft like this are very marginal on one engine. In many twin engine aircraft, if you lose one engine at critical moments of takeoff, best plan in to chop the other one and land straight ahead (in trees if needed), right side up, and slow, rather than trying to go around on one engine, getting below critical single engine speed and getting into a stall-spin, crash upside down and fast accident.