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| - Colgan Air Flight 3407 Occurrence summary Date February 12, 2009 (2009-02-12) Type Pilot Error Site Clarence Center, New York, United States Passengers 45 Crew 4 Injuries 4 (all on the ground) Fatalities 50 (1 on ground) Survivors 0 Aircraft type Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 Operator Colgan Air, as Continental Connection Tail number N200WQ Flight origin Newark Liberty International Airport Destination Buffalo Niagara International Airport Colgan Air Flight 3407, marketed as Continental Connection under a codeshare agreement with Continental Airlines, was a daily U.S. regional airline commuter flight between Newark Liberty International Airport (ICAO:KEWR) in New Jersey and Buffalo Niagara International Airport (ICAO:KBUF) in New York.
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| - Colgan Air Flight 3407 Occurrence summary Date February 12, 2009 (2009-02-12) Type Pilot Error Site Clarence Center, New York, United States Passengers 45 Crew 4 Injuries 4 (all on the ground) Fatalities 50 (1 on ground) Survivors 0 Aircraft type Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 Operator Colgan Air, as Continental Connection Tail number N200WQ Flight origin Newark Liberty International Airport Destination Buffalo Niagara International Airport Colgan Air Flight 3407, marketed as Continental Connection under a codeshare agreement with Continental Airlines, was a daily U.S. regional airline commuter flight between Newark Liberty International Airport (ICAO:KEWR) in New Jersey and Buffalo Niagara International Airport (ICAO:KBUF) in New York. A Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 as Flight 3407 departed from Newark on February 12, 2009, at 9:20 p.m. EST. Shortly after the last communication by the flight crew at 10:11 p.m. (03:11, February 13 UTC), the plane crashed into a house in the northeast Buffalo suburb of Clarence Center, 6 miles (9.7 km) short of BUF's Runway 23, killing everyone on board. A total of 50 people were killed, including 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 Comair Flight 191 in August 2006. Contents [hide] 1 Flight details 2 Crash 2.1 Fatalities 3 Investigation 4 Reactions 5 See also 6 References 7 External links
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