Colgan Air Flight 3407
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Colgan Air Flight 3407 was a scheduled passenger flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Buffalo, New York, on February 12, 2009. Approaching Buffalo, the Bombardier Q400 entered an aerodynamic stall from
Scattered aircraft wreckage
A Bombardier Q400 of Colgan Air, similar to the aircraft involved
The wreckage
U.S. president Barack Obama shaking hands with Beverly Eckert six days before the accident
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Colgan Air Flight 3407
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N709PS, the Bombardier CRJ701ER involved in the collision, pictured in 2022
00-26860, the Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk involved in the collision, pictured in 2018 without the External Stores Support System it had equipped at the time of the accident
FAA chart showing the helicopter routes near Reagan National. Routes 1 and 4 can be seen over the upper and lower Potomac River respectively.
Wreckage of the PSA plane the morning after the crash