Report: Bus carrying high school marching band tips over on Idaho highway, killing 1October 10th, 2009 Report: High school band's bus crashes in IdahoINKOM, Idaho — An Idaho television station is reporting that a bus carrying members of a high school marching band has tipped over on an Idaho highway, killing one adult. KPVI-TV says that at least three people remained trapped inside the bus Saturday evening.
Relatives of Flight 93 passengers, crew finish cross-country motorcycle ride honoring victimsSeptember 11th, 2009 Flight 93 victims remembered in San FranciscoSAN FRANCISCO — About a dozen Harley-Davidson motorcycles ridden by relatives and friends of United Flight 93 passengers and crew members roared into San Francisco International Airport, ending an eight-day journey that mirrored the plane's intended path. Flight 93 crashed in a Pennsylvania field Sept.
NJ lawyer settles lawsuit over solicitations to families of victims of plane that hit NY homeSeptember 1st, 2009 Lawyer settles over NY plane crash solicitationsNEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey attorney accused of soliciting families of victims of a plane that crashed into a New York home too soon after the accident has settled a lawsuit with the government.
Flight 93 victim's brothers planning cross-country motorcycle ride to honor passengers, crewAugust 29th, 2009 Flight 93 victim's relatives plan motorcycle ridePITTSBURGH — A Flight 93 victim's relatives are organizing a cross-country motorcycle ride to honor the victims and raise money for a national memorial in southwestern Pennsylvania. Ken and Dale Nacke, whose brother Louis "Joey" Nacke II died in the Sept.
6 months later, goodbyes linger for Buffalo crash victims as families retrieve belongingsAugust 12th, 2009 Loved ones get Buffalo crash victims' belongingsCLARENCE, N.Y. — A small scrap of T-shirt, about six inches square, smoky gray-brown.
Brazil officials identify 21 more victims of Air France crashJuly 1st, 2009 21 more victims of Air France crash identifiedRIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian officials say they've identified the remains of 21 more people who were aboard an Air France jet when it plunged into the Atlantic Ocean last month. Authorities say 17 newly identified victims were foreign and four were Brazilian.
Safety panel to hear from regulators about ways to prevent accidents like Buffalo air crashMay 14th, 2009 NTSB to hear from regulators on NY state air crashWASHINGTON — Fatigue. Cockpit distractions.
NASA scientist: Pilots in Buffalo crash didn't notice low speed, warning system might helpMay 14th, 2009 Low-speed warning system for planes suggestedWASHINGTON — An expert on cockpit distractions says a low-speed warning system should be explored in the wake of a Buffalo, N.Y., airplane crash that killed 50 people in February. NASA scientist Robert Dismukes told the National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday that the cockpit transcript of Continental Connection Flight 3407 shows the captain and first officer failed to notice the twin-engine turboprop plane had slowed to a dangerously low speed.
Family, friends of Buffalo, NY, crash victims express anger, say crash appeared avoidableMay 13th, 2009 Family, friends say NY crash seemed avoidableCHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — Jonathan Collopy was left with one question after watching investigators spend hours Tuesday dissecting what happened to Continental Connection Flight 3407 before it crashed, killing 50 people.
Woman whose home was destroyed by Buffalo plane crash says pilots shouldn't take all blameMay 13th, 2009 Plane crash survivor: Don't just blame pilotsCHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — The woman who survived a plane plummeting into her suburban Buffalo home said Wednesday the pilots do not deserve all the blame for the crash that killed her husband and everyone aboard the flight.
Safety board probes pilots' hiring, training in Buffalo crash that claimed 50 livesMay 13th, 2009 Safety board probes pilots' hiring, trainingWASHINGTON — The selection, hiring and training of the pilot and first officer in a February airline crash that killed 50 people in upstate New York are the focus of a public hearing into the air disaster. The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday begins the second day of a three-day hearing on the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407.
Families of Buffalo plane crash victims look for answers in NTSB hearingMay 12th, 2009 Families of Buffalo crash victims look for answersCHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — Ruthann Stilwell tried to prepare herself, but hearing about the final two minutes of her sister's life aboard Continental Connection Flight 3407 still hurt.
Last words in the cockpit aboard Flight 3407May 12th, 2009 Last words aboard Flight 3407Transcripts 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 Rebecca Shaw: Oh yeah, oh it's lots of ice.
FAA looking into hours flown by some crews of Colgan, whose plane crashed into upstate NY homeMay 8th, 2009 FAA reviews crew flying hours of NY crash airlineBUFFALO, N.Y. — The Federal Aviation Administration is looking into whether crew members of the airline whose flight crashed into a home in upstate New York in February recently flew more hours than generally allowed by federal limits.
Chuck Mangione, who lost 2 band members in NY plane crash, performs for victims' familiesMay 2nd, 2009 Mangione plays for NY air crash victims' familiesBUFFALO, N.Y. — Jazz musician Chuck Mangione has performed in upstate New York at a concert rescheduled after two of his band members died in a plane crash there in February.
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