Dash-8 Q400 down outside of Buffalo

[transit54]

Just saw this breaking news before I went to bed. Looks like a Continental Connection Dash-8 Q400 went down outside of BUF today, striking a house.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/nyregion/13crash.html

 

[PRR 60]

Just saw this breaking news before I went to bed. Looks like a Continental Connection Dash-8 Q400 went down outside of BUF today, striking a house.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/nyregion/13crash.html

The flight was operated by Colgan Air as Continental Connection. Colgan also provides commuter services for United and US Airways.

 

[Hanno]

Just saw this breaking news before I went to bed. Looks like a Continental Connection Dash-8 Q400 went down outside of BUF today, striking a house.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/nyregion/13crash.html

The flight was operated by Colgan Air as Continental Connection. Colgan also provides commuter services for United and US Airways.

Unfortunately no heros this time!

 

[Joel N. Weber II]

Unfortunately no heros this time!

Landing a glider is somewhat easier than landing something whose wings may not have been shaped like wings anymore, if ice had formed on the wings and changed the airflow patterns in some random way (which appears to be a possibility in this accident).