Yahoo: How the 2009 Colgan Air disaster became a turning point for U.S. aviation
How the 2009 Colgan Air disaster became a turning point for U.S. aviation
When Colgan Air Flight 3407 departed from Newark, New Jersey, bound for Buffalo, New York, the 49 passengers aboard were oblivious to the impending catastrophe. On , the ill-fated ...
Colgan Air, which operated the Continental Connection flight that crashed in Clarence last February, is once again getting tougher on pilots who say they are too tired to fly. An internal memo sent to ...
The "1,500-hour rule" is one of the most consequential regulations in modern U.S. pilot training. Enacted after the 2009 Colgan Air Flight 3407 crash, it set a new experience threshold for first ...
HOUSTON – Six months before Colgan Air’s Continental Connection Flight 3407 tumbled from the sky and crashed into a home in Clarence, killing 50 people, a key federal aviation official delivered a ...
Just call him "Wrong-Way Colgan." A pilot for Colgan Air, which operated the Continental Connection flight that crashed in Clarence Center due to pilot error in 2009 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last month's mid-air collision near Washington, D.C., was the first fatal American commercial air disaster since shortly after 10 ...
The American Airlines plane crash in Washington, DC, is shaping up to be the deadliest commercial crash in the US in more than two decades after authorities revealed early Thursday there were likely ...