Colgan Air was a regional airline in the United States that operated from 1965 until 2012, when it became a subsidiary of Pinnacle Airlines Corp. The initial headquarters of Colgan Air was in Manassas , Virginia until 2010, and then Memphis , Tennessee until closure in 2012.

Jan 30, 2025 · The crash involving a regional aircraft and a Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday marks the first major commercial crash in the United States since ...

Colgan Air Flight 3407 (marketed as Continental Connection Flight 3407) was a scheduled passenger flight from Newark, New Jersey, US to Buffalo, New York, US on February 12, 2009. Colgan Air staffed and maintained the aircraft used on the flight that was scheduled, marketed, and sold by Continental Airlines under its Continental Connection brand.

Jan 30, 2025 · On Wednesday night, an American Airlines jet collided with an Army helicopter. Investigators say there were 60 passengers and four crew onboard the jet, and three soldiers onboard the helicopter. It's the first fatal airline accident of a U.S. carrier in 16 years, since Feb. 12, 2009, when Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed in a Buffalo-area suburb.

Jan 31, 2025 · The United States' streak of more than 15 years without a major fatal airline crash came to a shocking end this week. ... the last airline passenger crash was in 2009 when a Colgan Air Bombardier ...

Jan 30, 2025 · The midair collision of an American Eagle-branded regional jet and a Sikorsky UH-60 helicopter near Washington, DC may be the first fatal crash involving a US airline since the 2009 crash of a...

Jan 30, 2025 · Fifty people were killed when Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed into a house and burst into flames just 10 miles short of the Buffalo airport. ... (UNITED STATES) Bob Mussell, REUTERS.

Jan 30, 2025 · The United States hasn't experienced a fatal commercial plane crash since 2009. On Feb. 12, 2009, Colgan Air, a regional air carrier, was operating a Bombardier DHC-8-400 turboprop as Continental ...

On February 12, 2009, Colgan Air Flight 3407, operating as Continental Connection, departed from Newark Liberty International Airport on what was intended to be a routine 53- minute flight to Buffalo Niagara International Airport.

Feb 12, 2009 · Colgan Air Flight 3407, a 74-seat turboprop Q-400, taxied out of the Liberty International Airport at Newark, New Jersey, bound for the Buffalo-Niagara Airport in New York. It was a 14 CFR part 121 passenger flight scheduled to depart at 1910 EST.