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News tagged with 'Continental Airlines'

Posted by Jane Akre
May 14, 2009 12:56 PM

On the second day of a hearing by the National Transportation Safety Board into a February air crash that killed 49, revelations show that long commutes, low salaries, and pilot fatigue constituted a “winking and nodding” at passenger safety.

Posted by Jane Akre
May 12, 2009 10:28 AM

Continental Connection Bombardier Q400  pilot Capt. Marvin Renslow, had not been adequately trained in auto-pilot and de-icing systems say family members of the 49 people who were killed on Flight 3407 last February. Pilot error and procedures will be the focus of a three-day NTSB hearing.

Posted by Jane Akre
February 18, 2009 12:26 PM

Data from the Continental 3407 commuter plane crash in Buffalo last Thursday, is beginning to point to an overreaction by the crew to the systems that automatically took over in icyconditions. More analysis and data needs to be looked at before that theory is conclusive. 

Posted by Chrissie Cole
February 15, 2009 8:09 PM

Continental Airplane Commuter Flight 3407 that crashed three days ago in Buffalo, New York, appeared to be flying normally until just 26 seconds before it came down, said the National Transportation Safety Board.

Posted by Chrissie Cole
February 13, 2009 11:30 PM

Friday was a somber day as family and friends remembered the victims of the crash of Continental Flight 3407.

Posted by Chrissie Cole
February 13, 2009 3:58 PM

A Continental Airlines commuter plane crashed into a house in Buffalo, New York late last night. The crash killed 44 passengers, 4 crew members and one person on the ground, in the home.

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