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Colgan Air Flight 3407 (marketed as Continental Connection Flight 3407) was a scheduled passenger flight from Newark, New Jersey, US to Buffalo, New York, US on February 12, 2009. Colgan Air staffed and maintained the aircraft used on the flight that was scheduled, marketed, and sold by Continental Airlines under its Continental Connection brand.
Colgan Air Flight 9446 was a repositioning flight operated by Colgan Air for US Airways Express. On August 26, 2003, the Beechcraft 1900D crashed into water 300 feet (91 m) offshore from Yarmouth, Massachusetts , shortly after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Hyannis . [ 1 ]
English: This three-dimensional (3-D) animated reconstruction shows the last 2 minutes of the February 12, 2009, accident involving a Bombardier DHC-8-400, N200WQ, operated by Colgan Air, Inc., which crashed about 5 nautical miles northeast of Buffalo-Niagara International Airport, Buffalo, New York, while on an instrument landing system approach to runway 23.
Colgan Air was a regional airline in the United States that operated from 1965 until 2012. It became a subsidiary of Pinnacle Airlines Corp. in 2012. The initial headquarters of Colgan Air was located in Manassas , Virginia until 2010, and then Memphis , Tennessee until closure in 2012.
A new report released by the National Transportation Safety Board reveals additional information about a Sept. 27 plane crash that killed two people
According to a preliminary National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report obtained by PEOPLE and issued almost two weeks after the incident, the pilot of the Robinson R44 helicopter, later ...
The NTSB determined that the plane was flying 600 feet (180 m) below its required altitude, though the reason for this is unknown. The NTSB report suggests that the pilots misjudged their altitude position during approach due to a lack of navigational aids on the aircraft and near the airport. [121]
The report said investigators found no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures. Hot air balloon pilot with cocaine in his system made a mistake that caused fatal crash, NTSB finds Skip to ...