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A ten‑month‑old Q400 stalled its landing and cost fifty lives
A ten-month-old Q400 vanishes from radar five miles short of Buffalo. Did they make it in time?
A ten‑month‑old Q400 stalled its landing and cost fifty lives
In this episode we follow the flight from Newark to Buffalo and the fifty-nine minutes between departure and impact, tracing decisions, crew condition, and procedural gaps that shaped the final moments. What choices and missing data created the pathway to catastrophe?
Date: February 12, 2009
Aircraft: Bombardier Q400, registration N200WQ
Flight: Colgan Air Flight 3407, Newark to Buffalo
People: 45 passengers, 2 flight attendants, 2…
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