Buffalo Plane Crash

Craplex Cockpit Computers 8 -- Unsafe At Any Speed

John T. Halliday | Posted 05.25.2011

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British FAA: Cockpit Computers Unfit For Human Consumption 2 Hal beats Dave at chess ...

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Craplex Cockpit Computers 5: Unsafe At Any Speed

John T. Halliday | Posted 05.25.2011

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The British FAA Exposes Cheap-ass Airline Executives

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The French Canadian Connection to Flight 3407

Robert Davey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, Continental Connection Flight 3407, Stick Shaker, Faa, Plane Crash, Continental, National Transportation Safety Board, Buffalo Plane Crash, Thales, Politics News

Recent events have put a spotlight on the manufacturer of a component in a mechanism that played a critical role in the Continental Connection Flight 3407 crash outside Buffalo last year.

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Obama Will Meet Families Of 2009 Buffalo Plane Crash Victims

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — President Barack Obama will meet briefly with relatives of people who died when their plane crashed into a New York home. Famil...

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Craplex Cockpit Computers 2 -- Unsafe At Any Speed

John T. Halliday | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 1996 FAA Report on Automation, British CAA Cockpit Automation Study, Inevitable Crashes, Autothrottles, Agent Sam Fleishman, Colgan Air Crash, Manual Throttles, Yale's Charles Perrow, Autopilots, Aircraft Stick Pushers, Mixed-Mode Flying Hazards, Accelerated Stalls, Buffalo Plane Crash, Technology News

Dedicated to the fifty souls lost in the Buffalo crash and their families who mourn. The phone conversations between literary agent Sam Fleishman...

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FAA Behind In Safety Initiatives Year After Buffalo Crash

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A year after a regional airliner crashed into a house near Buffalo, N.Y., killing 50 people, the government has failed to implement...

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Which is Safer: The Drive to the Airport or the Flight?

Keith Thomson | Posted 11.17.2011

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The drive-to-the-airport axiom needs a re-write. Here's a suggestion -- you're more likely to be killed on the drive to the airport than on a flight on an airline with a good safety record.

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FAA Inspector Predicted Problems With Airline Year Before Buffalo Crash

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A federal safety inspector assigned to the airline involved in an air crash that killed 50 people in upstate New York in February w...

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Not Fit to Fly

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Air Travel, Buffalo Plane Crash, Sleep Deprivation, Public Safety, Ntsb, Sleep, Healthy Living News

17 hours of sustained wakefulness leads to a decrease in performance equivalent to a blood alcohol-level of 0.05%. Too bad "sleepy driving" doesn't have the same buzz to it as "drunk driving."

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Buffalo Plane Crash First Officer Rebecca Shaw Paid $16,000 To $20,000 A Year

Fox News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Federal investigators hammered Colgan Air executives about the pay of their pilots -- in 24-year-old Shaw's case, she made between $16,000 and $20,000...

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Buffalo Plane Crash Co-Pilot Earned $16K Per Year

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Low pay, long commutes and fatigue hampered the pilots who crashed a Colgan Air commuter plane near Buffalo last February, killing all 49 aboard and o...

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Buffalo Plane Crash Pilots Feared Icy Weather In Last Moments

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Showing no alarm, the captain and his first officer chatted about the ice on their plane's windshield and wings, making light of th...

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BUFFALO PLANE CRASH TRANSCRIPT

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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Transcripts from the cockpit voice recorder in the last seven minutes before Flight 3407 crashed Feb. 13 near Buffalo, N.Y.: 22:10:32 _ First Officer...

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Marvin Renslow, Captain Faulted In Fatal Buffalo Plane Crash, Had Flunked Flight Tests: WSJ

Wall Street Journal | ANDY PASZTOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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The captain of a commuter plane that crashed Feb. 12 near Buffalo, N.Y., had flunked numerous flight tests during his career and was never adequately ...

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Buffalo Plane Had Stall Warning Before Crash

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Flight data point to possible flight crew errors rather than ice accumulation as a key factor in last month's plane crash near Buff...

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Buffalo Plane Crash Radio Traffic Posted By Website

AP | CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — The air traffic controller's words were pointed but steady as Flight 3407 burned on the ground near Buffalo. "Either state poli...

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Found parts could reveal what went wrong in crash

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER and RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI | Posted 05.25.2011

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CLARENCE, N.Y. — Investigators have located key components that might help reveal what the pilot did to try to save Flight 3407 during its final...

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Glenn Beck Tearily Praises 9/11 Widow's Work After He Viciously Attacked them in 2005

John Amato | Posted 05.25.2011

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In 2005 Beck just hated those serial complaining 9/11 widows because they were making Republicans who were solidly in power look bad.

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Buffalo Plane Crash: SAS Withdrew Aircraft Model Due To Safety Concerns

The Telegraph | Jon Swaine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scandinavian Airlines ditched their Bombardier Dash-8 Q400s after two non-fatal crash landings within days in September 2007. ...

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Continental Plane Crash Press Conference: Live Video

Posted 05.25.2011

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Continental Crew Noted Significant Ice Build Up On Plane Right Before Crash

AP | CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — The crew of the commuter plane that fell on a house, killing all 49 people aboard and one person on the ground, noticed signific...

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Continental Flight: Obama Responds To Tragic Accident

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday offered condolences to the families and friends of those killed in a commuter plane crash in upsta...

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BUFFALO PLANE CRASH: Continental Connection Flight 3407 Crashes Into House, Kills 50 (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEOS AND SLIDESHOW This is a breaking story - check AP for updates here. A Continental commuter plane coming in for a landing nos...

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