Plane strikes two East Haven, CT, houses; 2 children missing in fire EAST HAVEN, Conn., Aug. 9 (UPI) -- A plane crashed into two East Haven, Conn., homes Friday morning as it approached an airport, and authorities said two children in one home are missing. The mother of the children, 1 and 13, was at the scene of the fire started by the crash, near Tweed-New Haven Airport, the Hartford (Conn.) Courant reported. The Federal Aviation Administration reported the plane, a Rockwell International Turbo Commander 690B, a multi-engine turbo propeller-driven aircraft, crashed as it approached the airport at 11:25 a.m. The plane is owned by Ellumax Leasing LLC of Washington, D.C., and its flight originated from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey. The number of people aboard the plane was not disclosed. An airport official said the plane was in communication with the airport, and no distress call was made. The plane struck two homes, one of which was vacant, East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo said. A neighbor, Tara Gallo, told WVIT-TV, West Hartford she heard an explosion and saw flames when she looked out her window. Frank Diglio, 55, said he was driving by and pulled over when he observed people screaming and crying, and said a woman was crying that her children were in a television room in one of the homes. He added he and another unidentified man attempted searching for the children but left after the fire became too intense. The plane was burning slow, and then it really started burning. The fire engines arrived in 10 minutes. They (firefighters) came real quick and they told us all to move," Diglio said. The plane could be seen between the two burning houses, the Courant said. "We haven't recovered anybody at this point," said Fire Chief Douglas Jackson. We presume a bad outcome.