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...summer, and that panel recommended watering down the requirement that new co-pilots have 1,500 hours of experience. The Flight 3407 families have fought for that requirement and made another push for it Tuesday. More than 40 members of the families group...
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...by Colgan Air. The Clarence Center crash was one of the country's last four accidents under NTSB investigation. 2009 – Flight 3407 was a Colgan Air flight being used as a Continental Connection. 2007 – A Traverse City, Michigan Pinnacle Airlines flight was...
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...NY (WKBW) - The sounds from the final moments of Continental Connection flight 3407 before it crashed in Clarence Center can be played for a jury. That's the decision made by a federal judge on Wednesday. It is something the families of flight 3407 victims...
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...crash was unveiled at Clarence Middle School Thursday night. CLARENCE, N.Y. -- A historical documentary on the Continental Flight 3407 crash was unveiled at Clarence Middle School Thursday night. The 30 minute film, called "Remembering 3407," documents the...
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Chairman James L. Oberstar (Minn.) and two members of the families of victims Colgan Flight 3407 talk to reporters about charges by FedEx Chairman Fred Smith that a labor provision opposed by FedEx in a new aviation bill will step the enactment of new airline safety provisions. This video was shot during a conference call with reporters on May 19, 2010.
Being an Aviation Safety ProAviation Today (subscription)"NTSB's investigations into the midair collision over the Hudson River last August, the crash of Colgan Air flight 3407 in... For immediate service ...and more »
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Key lawmaker upbeat on FAA billBuffalo NewsAt a hearing where the Families of Continental Flight 3407 continued their yearlong quest for the safety provisions, Rep. James L. Oberstar, chairman of the ...
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...— unrelated to safety — that could lead senators to block the bill. At a hearing where the Families of Continental Flight 3407 continued their yearlong quest for the safety provisions, Rep. James L. Oberstar, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure...
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The tragedy of Flight 3407 will once again play a pivotal role in the crusade to improve aviation safety.
Absorb And ReflectAviation WeekThe failure of the Colgan Air Flight 3407 crew to correctly set the approach reference speeds began with an unprofessional omission in training, ...
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...121 operator. On February 12, 2009, a Colgan Air, Inc., Bombardier DHC-8- 400, operating as Continental Connection flight 3407, crashed outside of Buffalo , New York, resulting in 50 fatalities. On-demand Part 135 operations reported 47 accidents in 2009, a...
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Addressing concerns raised by families of the victims of Flight 3407 and taking a major step forward to strengthen air safety standards, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand fought to include the crux of the Flight 3407 Memorial Act in a broad overhaul of the FAA. Senator Gillibrands legislation would require the FAA to report back to Congress on all new safety recommendations issues by the NTSB investigative reports.
One year after Continental flight 3407 crashed, the National Transportation Safety Board reported that pilot error was the cause. As Peter Greenberg reports, victims' families are suing for answers.
One year after Continental flight 3407 crashed, the National Transportation Safety Board reported that pilot error was the cause. As Peter Greenberg reports, victims' families are suing for answers.
Continental flight 3407 widows Jennifer West and Robin Tolsma spoke to Maggie Rodriguez about their friendship one year later and joining in the effort to sue the airline for improved safety.
Continental flight 3407 widows Jennifer West and Robin Tolsma spoke to Maggie Rodriguez about their friendship one year later and joining in the effort to sue the airline for improved safety.
Courtesy: NTSB www.ntsb.gov Aviation Accident Report—Crash on Approach to Airport, Colgan Air, Inc., Operating as Continental Connection Flight 3407, Bombardier DHC-8-400, N200WQ, Clarence Center, New York, February 12, 2009 Opening Statement by Chairman Hersman 00:00:01 Introduction of Staff 00:9:02 Accident Overview 00:9:10 Introduction by Investigator-In-Charge (IIC) 0:12:40 Crew response 0:23:56 Airspeed selection and stall training 0:28:57 Question and Answer Sessions 0:37:35 Aircraft Performance Study 0:43:53 Question and Answer Sessions 0:50:50 Pilot training records/remedial training program 4:00:06 Question and Answer Sessions 4:05:02 Pilot Professionalism 4:43:35 Question and Answer Sessions 4:50:05 Fatigue and Commuting 05:28:13 Question and Answer Sessions 5:32:53 FOQA, FAA oversight, and SAFO 6:31:31 Question and Answer Sessions 6:38:53 Findings 07:46:35 Probable Cause 8:20:42 Safety Recommendations 8:30:50 Adoption of Report 9:27:46 Closing Remarks 9:28:35
Families unable to make it to Washington for the hearing are relying on each other to remain strong as more answers are revealed.
Did the second person at the controls of Flight 3407 send text messages when she wasn't supposed to?
Two live shots on the aftermath of the crash of Continental Flight 3407 as it approached the Buffalo Niagara International Airport. The plane literally dropped out of the sky onto a Clarence Center, NY home. Stacey Frey from WJW-TV Cleveland reports on the amazing eyewitness accounts.
Families of Continental Flight 3407 headed to Washington. They're putting pressure on Congress to make major changes to improve aviation safety.
www.baumhedlundlaw.com - Just months after the tragic airplane crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 at Clarence Center, NY new details about the pilot and co-pilots background have been released, including their low salaries which have shocked the public. Former Comair Captain John Greaves, who is now an aviation accident attorney, explained the effects such a low salary can have on pilots. For example, the hubs of some of these regional airlines are in high cost of living areas where it would be nearly impossible to maintain a decent living. Therefore many of these pilots travel hundreds of miles to keep their jobs. Mr. Greaves says the attitude of these smaller air carriers like Colgan Air, that are paying pilots such small salaries but offering flight experience to move on to the major airlines, is not safe and the public deserves more. His alternative would be to pay regional pilots good salaries just like you do the majors and you keep the pilots...you dont have them for a stepping stone; you keep the pilots. They get their experience there; they stay there; they make careers there. Youre going to have a much safer airline that way.
Visit www.avweb.com and search "3407" for more. The NTSB's animation derived from information taken from the Colgan Air Flight 3407 cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder.
airboyd.tv Courtesy National Transportation Safety Board 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 of 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. During the approach, a pitchup motion occurred, followed by a left roll and then a right roll. During these maneuvers, both the stick shaker and stick pusher were activated, and the speed decreased. After further pitch and roll excursions, the airplane entered a steep descent from which it did not recover. The animation shows excerpts from the flight data recorder (FDR), the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) transcript, recorded radar data, and aircraft performance data. It does not depict the weather or visibility conditions at the time of the accident. The animation does not include audio. The upper portion of the animation shows a 3-D model of the airplane and the airplanes motions during the accident sequence. In this area, selected content from the CVR transcript or other annotations are superimposed as text at the time that the event occurred. All times (in eastern standard time) are shown on the right side of the screen. The lower portion of the animation depicts instruments and indicators, which display selected FDR or calculated parameters. The instruments and ...
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The National Transportation Safety Board hearings on the crash of Flight 3407 begin Tuesday in Washington, DC Families of the victims hope the hearings will generate more answers. www.wivb.com
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...below 10,000 feet, sources told The Buffalo News. The revelation of the inappropriate conversation or activities of the Flight 3407 crew, which is expected to be detailed when the safety board begins three days of hearings on the crash on Tuesday, is part...
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Flight 3407 families file more lawsuits
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...regulations but it’s still unclear whether the pilot or co-pilot of Flight 3407 were in that group. All the passengers on Flight 3407 and one person on the ground died when the flight crashed in Clarence Center February 13th. You can send a story to multiple...
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...Mangione's (man-jee-OH'-nees) performance in Buffalo, N.Y., next month will be followed by a fundraiser for the victims of Flight 3407, including two members of his band.Mangione had been scheduled to play at Kleinhans Music Hall on Feb. 13, but the...
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WASHINGTON The Obama administration threw open the curtain on years of Bush-era secrets Monday, revealing anti-terror memos that claimed exceptional search-and-seizure powers and divulging that the CIA destroyed nearly 100 videotapes of interrogations and other treatment of terror suspects. The Justice Department released nine legal opinions showing that, following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Bush administration determined that certain constitutional rights would not apply during the coming fight. Within two weeks, government lawyers were already discussing ways to wiretap US conversations without warrants. ---------------------------------------- ----------------------- Mar. 2, 2009 Court Decision The Dassin letter, dated March 2 to Judge Alvin Hellerstein, says the CIA is now gathering more details for the lawsuit, including a list of the destroyed records, any secondary accounts that describe the destroyed contents and the identities of those who may have viewed or possessed the recordings before they were destroyed. But the lawyers also note that some of that information may be classified, such as the names of CIA personnel who viewed the tapes. We believe Beverly Eckert was to attend this court session in NY or she had already given testimony and evidence related to this case !! That is why her plane was sabotaged!
WASHINGTON The Obama administration threw open the curtain on years of Bush-era secrets Monday, revealing anti-terror memos that claimed exceptional search-and-seizure powers and divulging that the CIA destroyed nearly 100 videotapes of interrogations and other treatment of terror suspects. The Justice Department released nine legal opinions showing that, following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Bush administration determined that certain constitutional rights would not apply ...
Relatives of a passenger killed when a commuter plane crashed into a house outside Buffalo have sued Continental Airlines and the flight's operators, claiming the aircraft had inadequate deicing equipment and an improperly trained crew. (Feb. 28)
Relatives of a passenger killed when a commuter plane crashed into a house outside Buffalo have sued Continental Airlines and the flight's operators, claiming the aircraft had inadequate deicing equipment and an improperly trained crew. (Feb. 28)
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 things, a combination of airfoil icing, negligent actions of the flight crew and an inadequate, defective, de-icing system of the aircraft. According to Mr. Goldman, Susan was her sons primary means of support, not only financially, but emotionally. The aircraft left from Newark, New Jersey and crashed about six miles from Buffalo Niagara International Airport on February 12, 2009. www.baumhedlundlaw.com
We have a source telling us that chief division counsel for the FBIs Buffalo office, Paul Moskal was supposed to be on flight 3407!!! He cancelled at the last minute. He was attending a seminar in NYC and heading back to Buffalo. Moskal was involved in 'uncovering' the Al Queda plot - the Lackawanna Six.
The WBC went to go picket the crash of flight 3407 but we stood up and showed them who's boss.
Flight 3407 and the connection to the attacks on 9/11
titile explains all if no sound blame wmg.... this is my 6th time uploading this and i took out almost all songs except for amazing grace but i mean it needs to be there...
A Tribute to those passed away in the tragic plane crash of flight 3407 in buffalo, ny. All pictures are from www.buffalonews.com
In Memory of all the 50 Souls that perished during the final approach to the Buffalo/Niagara International Airport aboard the Continental Connection Flight 3407 operated by Colgan Air, in our neighboring village of Clarence Center, NY,on February 12, 2009 at about 10:20 pm est. A special thank you goes to all the First Responder's that provided protection and provided their services during this tragic event. Thank you and may God heal your memories of this tragic event. And a special thank you goes to Lance Dickman, aka "organpipe8" here on YouTube for providing me with his beautiful organ hymn "Here I Am Lord". Please visit his work to our Lord by visiting his site.
Be Still And Know That I Am God - a nice Choral Response for mediation and reflection. In Loving Memory of those who Died on Flight # 3407 on February 12th, 2009 near Buffalo, New York (Clarence Center, NY). Buffalo, New York is my birth place and where I lived and served the LORD for many years as a Church Organist before moving to South Florida. My Sister lived in Clarence Center before recently moving to Lockport, New York. My heart goes out to all the families who lost loved ones in the Flight # 3407 crash. May GOD be with you. This beautiful Choral Response immediately came to my mind while thinking of all those people who perished in the crash - BE STILL and Know That I AM GOD..... from: Psalm 46:10 Sometime bad things happen to good people - we as Christians have to believe it is God's Will..... Lance † .
The horror of those 30 seconds before impact.
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It is unclear what happened in the final moments before Continental Flight 3407 crashed near Buffalo, NY But, as Jeff Glor reports, evidence suggests that pilot error may have played a role.
In remembrance of the victims of Continental Flight 3407 which crashed February 17, 2009 in Clarence Center. Eleven persons with UB connections were among the victims. Read more: www.buffalo.edu
Tribute To The People Involved ,Lost There Lives. And The Family's Of Flight 3407 That Crashed In Clarence, New York On 2-12-09
ntsb reads a statement from family The commuter plane slowed to an unsafe speed as it approached the airport, causing an automatic stall warning, these people said. The pilot pulled back sharply on the plane's controls and added power instead of following the proper procedure of pushing forward to lower the plane's nose to regain speed, they said. He held the controls there, locking the airplane into a deadly stall. According to the plane's flight recorders, Flight 3407's descent into Buffalo was routine until a minute before impact, when the crew lowered the landing gear, followed by the command to extend the wing flaps, which enable the plane to fly at slower speeds. Almost immediately, the plane's air speed slowed rapidly, causing a stall-warning device known as a "stick-shaker" to cause the pilots' control column to vibrate. This was followed by a "stick-pusher," which automatically forces the stick forward. At this point, the captain appears to have pulled back with enough force to overpower the stick-pusher and shoved the throttles to full power, according to people familiar with the matter. Safety board officials said the nose pitched up to a 31-degree angle. Already at a dangerously low speed, the wings immediately stopped generating lift. The plane whipped to the left and then entered a steep right turn, losing 800 feet of altitude in less than five seconds. At one point the right wing was perpendicular to the ground, according to information taken from the ...
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