Queens, NY, residents are suffering from the third crash in the past month, but this time the tragedy appears to be an accident. An expert from the U.S. Transportation Department blamed the crash on engine trouble, though the possibility of terrorism has not been eliminated. “We have recovered the cockpit voice recorder,” said Marion Blakey, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, “and in fact everything we have learned at this point from that as well as other sources tell us that we are proceeding appropriately considering this to be an accident.”

The wreckage is being examined for evidence of discreet sabotage; there were no bombs involved.

At least 262 people have been killed by the crash. The jetliner tore away four houses, seriously impacted four more, and debris is sprawled over a large radius.

Two hundred and fifty-one passengers were aboard the jet, with nine crew members. None aboard the plane survived. Resident death toll is uncertain. Probable victims have been reported missing from the neighborhood.

Sixty residents from the Queens neighborhood were lost in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.