The Crash of Flight 3407
Pilot: 'Most icing I've seen'; Co-pilot: 'I've never de-iced.'
WASHINGTON — As their plane approached Buffalo on Feb. 12, the pilot of Continental Connection Flight 3407 said he would rather be flying into Houston and noted his own lack of experience minutes before the plane crashed in Clarence
on Feb. 12, and the co-pilot complained of her inexperience in icing conditions. (Updated: 05/13/09 9:49 AM )
Perception of regional aircraft safety overshadows statistics
Just about everyone has heard a friend or relative declare it: “I wouldn’t fly on one of those little airplanes for anything.” (Updated: 05/12/09 9:31 AM )
Troopers thank Clarence community for help in Flight 3407 crash
State Police Maj. Christopher L. Cummings carries a reminder of Flight 3407 wherever he goes. Safely tucked away inside the left shirt pocket of his uniform is a folded copy of a note that family members of those who died in the Feb. 12 plane crash issued after visiting the site in Clarence Center. (Updated: 04/25/09 11:06 AM )
Plane should have been grounded, first Flight 3407 lawsuit claims
A California aviation attorney, in the first of dozens of lawsuits expected to be filed in the wake of the Flight 3407 crash, says the turboprop plane should never have been flying in icing conditions. (Updated: 02/27/09 10:43 AM )
First WNY airline disaster recalled
He came from out of nowhere in a rumpled suit, stumbling toward the farmhouse on Sawmill Run Road in the Bucktooth hills west of Salamanca. (Updated: 02/24/09 8:41 AM )