Colgan Air Flight 3407 facts for kids
Colgan Air Flight 3407, marketed as Continental Connection under a codeshare agreement with Continental Airlines, was a scheduled passenger flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Buffalo, New York, which crashed on February 12, 2009. The aircraft, a Bombardier Dash-8 Q400, entered an aerodynamic stall from which it did not recover and crashed.
The twin-engine turboprop Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, FAA registry N200WQ, was manufactured in 2008 for Colgan. This was the first fatal accident for a Colgan Air passenger flight since the company was founded in 1991.
Images for kids
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Crash site of Flight 3407, showing the vertical empennage near a house
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FAA ILS/LOC approach plate to runway 23 at Buffalo Niagara International Airport (KBUF). The flight crashed (marked in red) near the locator outer marker (LOM) (identifier: "KLUMP") about five nautical miles from the threshold of Rwy 23.
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Then-U.S. President Barack Obama shaking hands with Beverly Eckert six days before the accident
See also
In Spanish: Vuelo 3407 de Colgan Air para niños
