Continental Airlines Flight 3407 Video Buffalo Plane Crash Kills 50

Colgan Air Flight 3407, marketed as Continental Connection under a codeshare agreement with Continental Airlines, was a daily U.S. regional airline commuter flight from Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey to Buffalo Niagara International Airport in New York State.

A Bombardier DHC8-402 Q400 operating as Flight 3407 departed late from Newark on February 12, 2009, at 9:20 p.m. EST. Shortly after the last communication by the flight crew with approach control at 10:11 p.m. (03:11, February 13 UTC), the plane stalled less than a mile northeast of the Outer Marker (LOM) while on an ILS approach to Runway 23[1] and crashed into a house in the northeast Buffalo suburb of Clarence Center, a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Clarence, about 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) short of the runway threshold. A total of 50 people were killed including the two pilots, two flight attendants, 45 passengers (including one off-duty pilot), and one person in the house. It was the first fatal crash of a commercial airliner in the United States since the crash of Comair Flight 191 in August 2006 that killed 49.

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[beeroosterm]

The pilot did NOT have a "sterling reputation". He failed at least 3 proficiency checkrides before being hired at Colgan Air. After hiring at Colgan, he failed in his first attempt to qualify as co-pilot in Beech 1900's and had to redo his checkride to upgrade to captain in the Saab 340 turboprop. He only had a little over 100 hours in the -8 he was flying, a very low amount of time as captain. Please tell me no how that results in a "sterling reputation"? Who's the douchebags making this film?

[samfitzy8]

Thanks for putting this up i think its the only video on here that shows tribute to everyone and not just the crew. THANKS AGAIN!!!!!

[whazzupwithgolf]

Why was my post fagged as spam?

[lnn6785]

@Timic83pronc

Both accidents were different from each other. Go to YouTube do a search for...

The Crash of Air France Flight AF 447- Part 1 of 4

then you-tube...

continental express flight 2574

Hope this helps

[johnsmith4442]

cia

[Timic83pronc]

@lnn6785 I have no aviation knowledge whatsoever, but is that why Air France 447 going from Brazil to Paris in '09 crashed? I heard when the plane stalled, the pilot didn't point the nose down but up instead.

[Buffalo78Bob]

and by the way it crashed on top of the house

[d0nk3yb0i]

all they had to do was pitch the nose down when they started to stall.. that MAY have saved everyone.. they where already pretty low tho so i dunno.. but reflex automatically says to pull up.. which is why at one point they went from 130 mph to 80 ugh

[MrZulu2065]

This crash is now affecting the rules of pilots now.

[CULVER729]

THE CAPTAIN WASNT QUALIFIED AND THE COPILOT (SORRY) WAS AN IDIOT.

WATCH FRONTLINE SPECIAL

[lufthansafan100]

@Taylorgang456  really?

[TheScilent1]

that pilot killed my uncle cousin aunt and her sister