He thought it might have been a small commuter plane.

The commuter plane's lights altered shape as the plane turned.

But there were also a couple of commuter planes with livestock.

Suddenly the small commuter plane began to buck and shake.

I said, "oh no, how terrible", but had an image of a small commuter plane in my mind.

"We've got to make sure he takes something before we get on that commuter plane to Pendleton."

The system is not used in small commuter planes, its manufacturer said.

That action followed the fatal crashes of two commuter planes in six weeks.

However, two commuter planes have crashed in the last three years, killing a total of 34 people.

The impact happened at 8:48 pm after the commuter plane lost power during a snowstorm.