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jendra
Since: Jul, 2010
2011-07-06 15:37:52
Flight #116 is Down by Caroline B. Cooney fits your description.
http://www.amazon.com/Flight-Down-Point-Caroline-Cooney/dp/0590444794

A nineties young adult novel about a plane crash in rural New England, I believe, and how the various emergency crews in the area deal with it. Had two locals as protagonists, a wealthy girl whose house was where the plane crashed behind and as such was the first responder and a teenage male who's part of the emergency crews and is very desperate to be a big, strong, macho leader. There were also several passengers we followed through the crash and aftermath, including a little girl named 'Teddy' and a young woman returning home to family, only to die in the crash.