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 livesIn 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, 2009Aircraft: Bombardier Q400, registration N200WQFlight: Colgan Air Flight 3407, Newark to BuffaloPeople: 45 passengers, 2 flight attendants, 2 cockpit…
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