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I love to fly! It has long been said that flying is the safest mode of transport and that is how I feel, but now a CBC News documentary is posing questions about safety in the skies. The story is about 'pilot-fatigue-related issues' and it is disturbing on many fronts. First many regional airline pilots earn about the same amount of money as a fast food restaurant worker - $16000 per year. The flight crews are responsible for the safety and lives of people aboard the aircraft. Low wages are unacceptable. Transit workers, unionized in most large cities earn way more than that. Ironically the heads of airlines can put 'real value' on their worth even as airlines struggle to survive, while devaluing the work and worth of their employees. Governments are no better. The report stated that Canada had a study commissioned based on New Zealand where the airlines, pilots and government work together to come to solution of this pilot-fatigue-related problem. The study was made with recommendations which the government promptly did not and has not acted on. Whats the deal? And finally did you know that LAX has a parking lot full of RV's for pilots who are part of the working poor. Check out the CBC Story. Twenty-eight people have died in a dozen plane crashes across Canada over the past decade where fatigue was cited as a possible factor, a CBC News investigation has found. Transportation Safety Board reports note pilot-fatigue-related issues in six deadly crashes and in an ...
The aircraft that were used are: 1. Wilco A380 British Airlines 2. Wilco 777 Continental Airlines 3. Wilco 737 PIC Delta Airlines 4. Defaut 747-400 Korean Air Texture
Continental Airlines painted a Boeing 737-900ER to celebrate 75 years of being an airline. The scheme is from the 1947 era. Video done as it flew past downtown Houston, TX on June 25, 2009.
The Continental Airlines pilot who died on a trans-Atlantic flight from Belgium to the US was in "perfect health" and fellow crew members initially thought he had just fallen asleep. (June 19)
tinyurl.com - A pilot on a Continental Airlines flight from Brussels to Newark died in mid-flight on Thursday, but the plane landed safely in New Jersey under the control of two co-pilots, authorities said on Thursday. Continental flight 61 from Brussels landed at Newark Liberty International Airport, according to Continental's website.
The only inkling passengers had of something wrong today on a Continental Airlines flight over the Atlantic Ocean was an announcement seeking a doctor to respond to the cockpit. (June 18)
Very very odd
The only inkling passengers had of something wrong today on a Continental Airlines flight over the Atlantic Ocean was an announcement seeking a doctor to respond to the cockpit. (June 18)
The only inkling passengers had of something wrong today on a Continental Airlines flight over the Atlantic Ocean was an announcement seeking a doctor to respond to the cockpit. (June 18)
Airline passengers were oblivious to the demise of the pilot while in mid-air. video.nypost.com
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tinyurl.com / Continental Airlines, Flight 61 (Boeing 777) carrying 247 passengers, landed safely at Newark Liberty International Airport this morning, June 18 after the pilot (name not yet released) died during the flight from Brussels to Newark, NJ. According to authorities, the two backup pilots took control of the plane.
The pilot of a Continental Airlines flight from Brussels to Newark died over the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, but the jet landed safely with two co-pilots at the controls. (June 18)
The captain of Continental Airlines flight 61 has died while flying the plane from Brussels to New York. The plane made an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport shortly before 1200 (1600 GMT). Two co-pilots were in control of the plane - a Boeing 777 carrying 247 passengers - said Federal Aviation Authority spokeswoman Arlene Salac. An aviation expert told the BBC it was "very rare" for pilots to die while at the controls on an airborne plane. Jim Ferguson said it must ...
www.rosepal.com Pilot dies while flying plane. A Continental plane traveling from Brussels to New York landed safely at Newark airport Thursday after the pilot died during the flight, the airline said.
Continental airlines boeing 777 makes an emergency landing 4 hours into a flight to Brussels after the piot has a heart-attack mid flight... may the pilot rest in peace and well done to the crew of the flight for acting so well, in such an awkward and sad situation NOTE: this is from Five TV news at 7, and they own all the copyright towards it.. =D
Continental airlines boeing 777 makes an emergency landing 4 hours into a flight to Newark after the piot has a heart-attack mid flight... may the pilot rest in peace and well done to the crew of the flight for acting so well, in such an awkward and sad situation NOTE: this is from Five TV news at 7, and they own all the copyright towards it.. =D
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The 61-year-old Captain of a Continental Airlines flight from Brussels to Newark died as the flight made its Atlantic crossing, according to the FAA. Airline spokeswoman Kelly Cripe says the pilot died of natural causes, and that flight CO61 landed in
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Continental Airlines flight CO61 , a Boeing 777,carrying 247 passengers, landed safely at Newark Liberty International after the pilot aged 60 yrs,died in the air. 2other pilots landed the aircraft which was travelling from Brussels to New York. Occurred just before 5pm Uk time today. The deceased pilot was Newark based and had 32yrs of service. Flight CO61 left Brussels at 0945hrs and arrived at Newark at 12.02pm local time. EBBR-KEWR/BRU-EWR. By coincidence,a passenger onboard was a Cardiologist from Brussels-Dr Julien Struyven(72 yrs),he attempted unsuccessfully to defribilate the Pilot. see Flight Stats= www.flightstats.com see photo of aircraft N78004= jetphotos.net see flight tracker = flightaware.com
Plane lands safely with over 200 passengers onboard in Newark during bad weather Continental Airlines Pilot Dies Onboard Flight BREAKING NEWS Continental Airlines Pilot Dies Onboard Flight BREAKING NEWS Continental Airlines Pilot Dies Onboard Flight BREAKING NEWS
Plane lands safely with over 200 passengers onboard in Newark during bad weather
A Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman has confirmed that a Continental Airlines pilot has died in mid-flight. www.wivb.com
CNN News coverage of Continental airlines flight as pilot dies en route.
This footage of an emergency landing by a Boeing 747 alongside the typically amazing Kai Tak regulars was filmed between 1994 and 1995. Includes Cathay Pacific/ Dragonair/ Air Lanka Tristars, Classic 747s of Malaysian/ South African/ Air India, and the first visit of Boeings new 777 in United Airlines livery and huge 777 titles! Completing this impressive list is Boeing's 1000th 747 and Cathay Pacific's first A340-200!
among the passengers. Four people in a local hotel on died, with a dozen people on the ground injured. A French judge ordered Continental Airlines and five people to stand trial for manslaughter in connection with the horrific crash of a Concorde jet that killed 113 people eight years ago in France, a prosecutor said July 2008. ... Concorde air disaster Air France footage paris 25 July 2000 filmbay us airways us airbus a320 landing water river new york video 1549 airboyd audio pilot plane ...
days after the deadly February crash in Buffalo, Porter CEO Robert Deluce said it wouldn't impact the Toronto island-based carrier's order of 10 more Q400s this year. In Tuesday's incident, the plane landed safely but had to be towed to the gate. "This is not a common occurrence," said Philip Reed, a spokesman for Colgan Airlines, which operates the flight for Continental. "The pilot was taxiing back when he noticed there was a loss of hydraulic pressure." He said the incident was ...
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Ronald Goldman, a veteran aviation disaster attorney and pilot from the mass disaster law firm Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, filed a lawsuit on behalf of the children of spiritual leader, Susan Wehle, who was killed in the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 near Buffalo, NY. The lawsuit names Continental Airlines, Pinnacle Airlines, Colgan Air, and Bombardier Aerospace Corporation as defendants and alleges that the flight crew lost control of the aircraft due to, among other ...
Colgan Air Flight 3407, marketed as Continental Connection under a codeshare agreement with Continental Airlines, was a daily US 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 pm EST. Shortly after the last communication by the flight crew with approach control at 10:11 pm (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.
of airline policy. Steve Chealander of the National Transportation Safety Board says Colgan Air recommends pilots fly manually in icy conditions. Pilots are required to do so in severe ice. The pilot of doomed plane reported "significant" ice on his wings and windshield just before crashing Thursday night. Continental Connection flight number 3407, operated by Colgan Air, Inc., was involved in an accident at about 10:20 pm EST today while the aircraft, a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, was ...
One in house and 49 people aboard a Continental Express plane that crashed into a suburban Buffalo home are dead. The 44 passengers and four crew aboard the plane, a Continental Connection flight operated by Colgan Air which was on a flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Buffalo, were killed, FAA said. (Reuters) ARTICLE BY/FROM AFP - YAHOO NEW YORK (AFP) - An ice build-up may have contributed to the crash of a Continental Airlines plane that went down outside of the northern US city of Buffalo ...
One in house and 49 people aboard a Continental Express plane that crashed into a suburban Buffalo home are dead. The 44 passengers and four crew aboard the plane, a Continental Connection flight operated by Colgan Air which was on a flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Buffalo, were killed, FAA said. (Reuters) ARTICLE BY/FROM AFP - YAHOO NEW YORK (AFP) - An ice build-up may have contributed to the crash of a Continental Airlines plane that went down outside of the northern US city of Buffalo, killing 50 people, federal investigators have suggested. ADVERTISEMENT Forensic teams on Saturday scoured the rubble for human remains and pieces of the broken-up plane in a search for clues as to the cause of the crash of Continental Flight 3407. The aircraft, on a flight from Newark in New Jersey to Buffalo, plummeted onto the house in Clarence Center late Thursday, exploding into a fireball and killing all 49 passengers and crew.\ One man in the crushed house also died, although his wife and daughter escaped with only minor injuries. "The crew discussed significant ice build-up -- ice on the windshield and leading edges of the wings," said investigator Steven Chealander of the National Transportation Safety Board ( NTSB). The clue was yielded by the recordings on the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder recovered from the scene on Friday. "Significant ice build-up is an aerodynamic impediment. Airplanes are built with wings that are shaped a certain way and ice can ...
What it was like for the pilots of Flight 3407 in those final seconds before crashing 5 miles outside of Buffalo. This crash is a real event, the Dash 8 Q400 spun out and dove into a house on final approach to Buffalo on February 12, 2009 at about 10:05 PM. All 49 people on board along with a man in the house into which the plane crashed, were killed.
on the flight — 44 passengers, two pilots and two flight attendants. But Colgan Air Inc., a regional carrier for Continental, said another off-duty pilot had also boarded the flight. The 74-seat Continental Airlines plane was heading for Buffalo Niagara International Airport from Newark, NJ All those on board died, authorities said, and one person was killed in the house hit by the plane. The plane struck the two-storey, gabled house at about 10:25 pm ET and burst into flames, State ...
www.isitpossibletomakemoneyonline.com You'll hear a female pilot, who is on Flight 3407 Continental Flight 3407 crashed late into a house in Clarence Centre, while heading to Buffalo, New York just kilometres away from Newark in New Jersey. Investigators have found the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from the plane, a National Transportation Safety Board spokesman said. "They have been found and they are on their way back here," NTSB spokesman Ted Lopatkiewicz said, adding ...
International Airport. Witnesses heard the plane sputtering before it plunged squarely through the roof of a house, its tail section visible through flames shooting at least 50 feet high. "The whole sky was lit up orange," said Bob Dworak, who lives less than a mile away. "All the sudden, there was a big bang, and the house shook." One person in the house was killed, and two others escaped with minor injuries. The plane was carrying a four-member crew and an off-duty pilot. Among the ...
hotaffair.pinurl.com - Breaking news MSNBC.com Staff and News Service Reports CLARENCE, New York - A commuter plane crashed into a suburban Buffalo home and erupted in flames late Thursday, killing all 48 people aboard and one person on the ground, authorities said. Flames silhouetted the shattered home after Continental Connection Flight 3407 plummeted into it around 10 pm "The whole sky was lit up orange," said Bob Dworak, who lives less than a mile from the crash site. "All the sudden ...
Continental Express identity tagged plane, operated by Colgan Air Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Pinnacle Corp... And this is tip of the iceberg... Accidents never happen in perfect world... Deborah Harry Blondie Then again this is not a perfect world, far from it ...Welcome to Corporatestan, where when all this is over the only one that they blame is the very dead pilot and punish his helpless family ... For those who lost loved ones in this incident I am sincerely sorry, themodulator ...
in the area if they could spot it. One airport official said he had been told "the plane simply dropped off the radar screen". Eyewitnesses spoke of hearing unusual sounds coming from the plane before it crashed. "It sounded quite loud, and then the sound stopped," David Luce, who lives 150 yards (137m) from the crash site, told the Buffalo News. "Then one or two seconds later, there was a thunderous explosion. I thought something hit our house. It shook our whole house." He described ...
destroyed the instant it got hit," he said. Witness Tony Tatro said he saw the plane flying low and knew it was in trouble. "It was not spiraling at all. The left wing was a little low," he told WGRZ-TV. First fatal commercial crash since 2006 It was the first fatal crash of a commercial airliner in the United States since Aug. 27, 2006, when 49 people were killed after a Comair jetliner took off from a Lexington, Kentucky, runway that was too short. Prior to the crash, the voice of a ...
A Continental Airlines plane crashed in suburban Buffalo, New York, late Thursday with 44 passengers and four crew members aboard, according to authorities. All people aboard the plane were killed, New York State Police said. There's been one confirmed death on the ground. Flight 3407, operated by Colgan Air, was en route from Newark, New Jersey, when it went down in Clarence Center, said Bill Peat with New York State Emergency Management in Albany. The plane crashed about 10:20 pm, hitting a home and bursting into a fireball, according to New York State Trooper John Manthey
give it to the pilot. He made a hell of a landing." Witnesses said the plane's pilot appeared to guide the plane down. Bob Read, a television producer who saw the crash from his office window, said it appeared to be a "controlled descent." Paramedics treated at least 78 patients, fire officials said. Coast Guard boats rescued 35 people who were immersed in the frigid water and ferried them to shore. Some of the rescued were shivering and wrapped in white blankets, their feet and legs soaked. ...
from the aircraft, whose fuselage appeared intact. The plane was sinking in the near-freezing water on one of the coldest days of the year, with the mercury around 20 degrees. Witnesses said the plane's pilot appeared to guide the plane down. "I see a commercial airliner coming down, looking like it's landing right in the water," said Bob Read, who saw it from his office at the television newsmagazine "Inside Edition." "This looked like a controlled descent." Barbara Sambriski, a ...
to take off, if there are birds in the area, the tower will alert the crew. "They literally just choke out the engine and it quits," Mazzone said. An emergency room doctor from St. Vincent's told Eyewitness News about the rescued air passengers. "It's a bad day to have this happen. much like the DC crash in the 1980's this is a bad combination of cold air, cold water and wind." He said. Because of the crash all ferry service is suspended between their 39th terminal in NYC and their ...
It was a miracle that no one was killed when Continental flight 1404 veered sharply off a runway of Denver airport during takeoff, which burst into flames and nearly broke apart. The 110 passengers and five crew members escaped miraculously. However, 40 people suffered injuries including broken bones, pilot was one them. The plane veered off course about 2000 feet from the end of the runway and did not appear to have gotten airborne. It was a Houston-bound Continental Flight 1404 from Denver ...
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